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Old 26th June 2012, 04:14 PM   #1
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Default Keris with burl wood mounts for comment
This one seems to be an original ensemble:
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Old 26th June 2012, 05:19 PM   #2
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Straight keris again?
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Old 26th June 2012, 06:38 PM   #3
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Hi Gene,

very well worked dress, wood is maybe gembal jati (teak burl wood), the pendok is a better one (would like to see some close ups) and it seems that the dress is worked for the blade. Good keris!

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Old 26th June 2012, 07:23 PM   #4
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Hi Gene,

very well worked dress, wood is maybe gembal jati (teak burl wood), the pendok is a better one (would like to see some close ups) and it seems that the dress is worked for the blade. Good keris!

Regards,

Detlef
Hi Detlef,

Thanks, I'll get a close-ups of the pendok for you.
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Old 27th June 2012, 12:10 AM   #5
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Good pendok, not a first class one but good. For someone this blade seems have had a special worth.

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Old 27th June 2012, 12:18 AM   #6
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Hi Detlef,

What would the metal of the 'cup' be? It's gold in colour and seemingly untarnished, is it like pinchbeck?

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Old 27th June 2012, 12:19 AM   #7
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Good pendok, not a first class one but good. For someone this blade seems have had a special worth.

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lol, for me!
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Old 26th June 2012, 07:10 PM   #8
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Straight keris again?
Hmmm, yes there does seem to be a bit of a theme doesn't there?
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This one seems to be an original ensemble:
Wow...i like a lot!
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Old 31st July 2012, 11:55 AM   #10
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Wow...i like a lot!

Hi Marco.

Thanks a lot mate
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Old 31st July 2012, 05:04 PM   #11
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A very very fine example. The dress fits this keris perfect. It was made for this one. Congrats with this great addition to your collection.
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Old 7th August 2012, 06:16 PM   #12
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THIS BURL WOOD IS MY FAVORITE ESPECIALLY ON A KERIS AS IT MIRRORS THE MAN MADE PARMOR OR MORE LIKELY IT IS THE MAN MADE PARMOR THAT IMITATES NATURE. VERY NICE KERIS
IT TAKES MAN QUITE A WHILE TO MAKE A NICE PAMOR KERIS BLADE BUT NATURE TOOK A LOT LONGER AND PUT EVEN MORE PATTERN IN GROWING THIS WOOD.
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Old 4th October 2012, 07:26 PM   #13
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THIS BURL WOOD IS MY FAVORITE ESPECIALLY ON A KERIS AS IT MIRRORS THE MAN MADE PARMOR OR MORE LIKELY IT IS THE MAN MADE PARMOR THAT IMITATES NATURE. VERY NICE KERIS
IT TAKES MAN QUITE A WHILE TO MAKE A NICE PAMOR KERIS BLADE BUT NATURE TOOK A LOT LONGER AND PUT EVEN MORE PATTERN IN GROWING THIS WOOD.
Thats a great way of looking at it!

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THIS BURL WOOD IS MY FAVORITE ESPECIALLY ON A KERIS AS IT MIRRORS THE MAN MADE PARMOR OR MORE LIKELY IT IS THE MAN MADE PARMOR THAT IMITATES NATURE. VERY NICE KERIS
IT TAKES MAN QUITE A WHILE TO MAKE A NICE PAMOR KERIS BLADE BUT NATURE TOOK A LOT LONGER AND PUT EVEN MORE PATTERN IN GROWING THIS WOOD.

Yes yes yes. Hard to make wood patterns, but it is another matter to match them with steel.

That was my thought on this piece I made:
http://www.doorcountyforgeworks.com/...eaf_Bowie.html
The pamor was done to match in some form the wood that was the sheath.


That burl wood is quite special...I have not seen teak burl before.
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Old 4th October 2012, 07:24 PM   #15
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A very very fine example. The dress fits this keris perfect. It was made for this one. Congrats with this great addition to your collection.
Sorry for the late reply, thanks very much Henk.
It's one of my favourites.
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Old 6th October 2012, 10:37 AM   #16
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Love the wood.

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Old 6th October 2012, 08:38 PM   #17
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I think a member of the family
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Old 6th October 2012, 08:48 PM   #18
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Sirek, a good blade in a very nice dress!

Is there a chance to see the whole blade and the whole pendok, please?
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Old 7th October 2012, 09:30 AM   #19
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It seems to me that the common use of jati gembol (teak burl) for making hilts and warangkas is relatively recent in Central Java, may be because of the disappearance of the preferred wood species like trembalo, tayuman, kemuning, timoho pelet, cendana wangi, etc... Any other opinion?
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Old 7th October 2012, 01:14 PM   #20
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Is there a chance to see the whole blade and the whole pendok, please?
thanks for your response, please feel free to comment.
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