where this one came from?

[ferrylaki]

I met this keris yesterday. It came in a jogjanese sandalwood gayaman.
The keris it self shows a very beautiful whelding pattern, the iron and the slorok really amazed me. I really need the Information about its origin. is it a javanese keris or a malay keris/palembang?

[Battara]

Java?

[David]

I think when it is from might be as interesting a question as where it is from.

[ferrylaki]

Originally Posted by Battara

Java?

First time I saw this keris, I thought it was a javanese keris. but then I realize that the sor-soran part like the sogokan is too long , the 'pijetan' is too shallow, the ' jalen' is like palembang keris. the shape it self is wide with 'gusen along the keris to the top.

[A. G. Maisey]

Doesn't look much Like Jowo to me Ferry --- rondha, sogokan, blumbangan, kembang kacang, pawakan, gandik.Even the material. From the pic I cannot guess where it might be from. Maybe Jawa Timur? Or maybe Sumatera Selatan?
Somewhere with Jawa influence but not a direct connection.

[ferrylaki]

Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey

Doesn't look much Like Jowo to me Ferry --- rondha, sogokan, blumbangan, kembang kacang, pawakan, gandik.Even the material. From the pic I cannot guess where it might be from. Maybe Jawa Timur? Or maybe Sumatera Selatan?
Somewhere with Jawa influence but not a direct connection.

I agree with you Alan.
I can not be a java keris. the pijetan is wide and tall and shallow.
the material shows so much slorok. and doesnt look like a javanese material.

[David]

Ferry, by "slorok" are you referring to the "window" of darker iron at the center of the blade? I don't believe i have ever here the word applied in this manner.