Help with Keris ID?

[Alam Shah]

Originally Posted by Kiai Carita

Sorry to contradict an expert but this blade is not from Jawa. It is either Bugis or Sumatran. As for the pamor, it seems to be Pedaringan Kebak (Full Airing Cupboards) which is the same as beras-wutah, kulit-semangka, only with even more 'pamor'...which in the case of Sumatra and Bugis blades, most often is pamor Luwu, from nikel-rich iron mined since old times in Luwu, Sulawesi.

Hi Kiai Carita,
No contradition here...
After gazing the blade for a long time, I don't think it's a Bugis blade. However, I do agree that it might be a Sumatran blade due to its gentle luks and the shape of sogokan depan, sogokan belakang, janur and bungkul (the centre portion of the lower half near the base of the blade). Thank you for the update, Kiai.
Nechesh, I'm no expert either.. .