Celebes keris?

[David]

Originally Posted by Harley

Thank you for your explanation, i agree with almost everything you've said.
What i don't understand is that you don't find the old (Bali) sheath nicely made.
I can understand that was a mix of styles, and i was ugly , but it was made properly, maybe my bad photo's has something to do with that.

Harley, i suggest that you go back to that Bali keris thread and re-read some of the comments. IMHO that sheath is not "properly" made nor carved with any particular finesse or understanding of the sesrengentan form it was trying to emulate. As Alan pointed out in post #10 in that thread it well may have been made in Bali and then altered in Jawa (pendok), but not by anyone with any particular knowledge of this form or style. I am therefore not convinced that it was a sheath that anyone would have proudly displayed in public in any real cultural setting. That is the difference in my mind.