old luk 3 keris

David · 25th January 2007, 05:39 PM

Not sure what to say other than what i said on the other thread you posted this one on (though for a more thorough discussion it is usually best to post them one at a time like you have now

). I like this keris. It is not of extraordinary quality is probably village made for a "commoner", but it has a nice presence inspite of many years of acid washing. It is, as stated before, Surakarta formal dress (ladrang), with a pendok blewah (open) and as i look more closely this time it does appear that the sheath is wrongko iras, the stem and the top sheath being made of one piece of wood. If the blade fits like a glove in the sheath and was perhaps made for the blade as opposed to being adapted from an old wrongko, i would guess that this keris was held in high esteem by it's previous owner, at least to the point that he was willing to spend the extra money on a more expensive sheath.
As for age i wouldn't dare to say, other then it is obviously old. Dating keris is always tricky even with experts (which i am not) and the keris in the hand. Dating by a photograph involves far too many unassessable factors.
This one won't win any contests, but it's a great start for any keris collection.

25th January 2007, 05:39 PM	#2
David Keris forum moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 7,218	Not sure what to say other than what i said on the other thread you posted this one on (though for a more thorough discussion it is usually best to post them one at a time like you have now ). I like this keris. It is not of extraordinary quality is probably village made for a "commoner", but it has a nice presence inspite of many years of acid washing. It is, as stated before, Surakarta formal dress (ladrang), with a pendok blewah (open) and as i look more closely this time it does appear that the sheath is wrongko iras, the stem and the top sheath being made of one piece of wood. If the blade fits like a glove in the sheath and was perhaps made for the blade as opposed to being adapted from an old wrongko, i would guess that this keris was held in high esteem by it's previous owner, at least to the point that he was willing to spend the extra money on a more expensive sheath. As for age i wouldn't dare to say, other then it is obviously old. Dating keris is always tricky even with experts (which i am not) and the keris in the hand. Dating by a photograph involves far too many unassessable factors. This one won't win any contests, but it's a great start for any keris collection.