Bali keris ?

[David]

Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey

I'm not prepared to offer any opinion on point of origin on the basis of the photo, but I will remark that it is more than a little unusual to find pamor work of this nature in a Balinese blade, particularly an older Balinese blade.

Yes, the blade does have a polished surface, but so did Javanese blades in the distant past. If this keris came into Europe a long time ago it might well be Javanese.

I suppose that is why i was leaning towards Lombok. I have an old tangkis blade which i also believe is from Lombok (i believe you looked at photos of it once and also thought so), though admittedly the pamor work isn't quite this fine and complex. I also have another Bali/Lombok blade that is somewhat similar in dhapur and over all appearance to this one. So putting the two together, Lombok seemed very possible for me.