A Nice Example of a Melayu Kriss

CharlesS · 4th June 2010, 11:32 PM

Battara the kriss would need to be tested because I am not 100% for sure.

Up close it looks very "coppery", but from a distance it clearly differentiates itself from copper with a more typical swassa look.....so who knows

, but it is certainly an alloy of some type.

ThePepperSkull · 6th June 2010, 07:11 PM

I just had to comment again on how lovely I find this piece!

Are there any other examples that look quite like this? Each Kris Sundang Melayu I see is so diverse and there always seems to be a new style that I am unfamiliar with. I thought Moro kris were pretty diverse to begin with, and now seeing all of the Malay Kris I have never seen before makes me wonder how wide a range the designs can go.

Thanks again for posting this piece, charles! And if anyone has any similar pieces they'd like to showcase, I would love to see them!

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4th June 2010, 11:32 PM	#1
CharlesS Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 1,854	Battara the kriss would need to be tested because I am not 100% for sure. Up close it looks very "coppery", but from a distance it clearly differentiates itself from copper with a more typical swassa look.....so who knows , but it is certainly an alloy of some type.

6th June 2010, 07:11 PM	#2
ThePepperSkull Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 338	I just had to comment again on how lovely I find this piece! Are there any other examples that look quite like this? Each Kris Sundang Melayu I see is so diverse and there always seems to be a new style that I am unfamiliar with. I thought Moro kris were pretty diverse to begin with, and now seeing all of the Malay Kris I have never seen before makes me wonder how wide a range the designs can go. Thanks again for posting this piece, charles! And if anyone has any similar pieces they'd like to showcase, I would love to see them!