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A. G. Maisey · 26th January 2011, 02:22 AM

I am very seldom very definite in giving an opinion from photos that I see on a computer screen. Especially one such as I am looking at at the moment.

However, in this instance I am quite confident in stating most definitely that these three keris have not been produced in the period after WWII.

By "keris" I mean the blade.

The complete weapon has dress to also take account of , and although this appears to have some age, and is 100% traditional in both style and execution, I cannot give an opinion on age from the photos.

As David has remarked, the gold kinatah work may have been renewed, but this is more a matter of maintenance than of falsification --- and the current prices for any sort of gold kinatah work here in Jawa are so outrageous that you should feel very happy to have a keris with a little bit of gold on it, no matter when it was put there.

26th January 2011, 02:22 AM	#5
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,704	I am very seldom very definite in giving an opinion from photos that I see on a computer screen. Especially one such as I am looking at at the moment. However, in this instance I am quite confident in stating most definitely that these three keris have not been produced in the period after WWII. By "keris" I mean the blade. The complete weapon has dress to also take account of , and although this appears to have some age, and is 100% traditional in both style and execution, I cannot give an opinion on age from the photos. As David has remarked, the gold kinatah work may have been renewed, but this is more a matter of maintenance than of falsification --- and the current prices for any sort of gold kinatah work here in Jawa are so outrageous that you should feel very happy to have a keris with a little bit of gold on it, no matter when it was put there.