Hi all,
Picked this up today, which is the first keris in my possession, and what may form the beginning of a modest collection.
- From what I can tell, it is dhapur brojol
- Quite long at around 45cm in length
- Blade labeled as "Javanese" in the antique shop. Though a hunch (which may be a worthless hunch, given my limited knowledge
) tells me it is not. Sumatran came to mind.
- The mendak is quite loose and looks like it's been squashed or kinda mangled. Are they supposed to rotate loosely or be quite firmly fitted?
- It wasn't sold with a sheath. Does anyone know much about the hulu? I thought it was Cirebon at first but now I think it might be quite recent work or modern motifs
I may be way off, but as always in here, happy to be wrong in the way of learning.
Cheers,
Novan