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17th April 2012, 11:30 AM
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Thank you all for your inputs .
Kai is really close to my initial thoughts : a sumatran keris brought back to Salayer and re hilted according local fashion . Regarding the hilt : cleaning is on the way but I removed the blade from the " juice " to take some photos of the pesi . Surprisingly a piece of metal was welded to the original ( to strengthen or to match the hilt ?) .... with an unsual goldish alloy ???? Never seen such metal used for welding ..... Henri |
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17th April 2012, 01:56 PM
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Well that is odd. Never seen anything quite like it.
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17th April 2012, 03:11 PM
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I think that the pesi was broken and someone repaired it like this and hard-solder a second piece of iron to the original pesi to aggravate it. Just MHO.
Regards, Detlef |
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17th April 2012, 09:23 PM
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Hello Henri,
This repair job to strengthen the remaining pesi explains the slightly offset tang position. I doubt that this is Indonesian work though - possibly some European attempt at a pesi repair? We could use Alan's insight, I guess! Regards, Kai |
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17th April 2012, 10:40 PM
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It's amazing how much better the wilah is already looking.
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18th April 2012, 06:13 AM
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The pesi looks strange so you better keep the hilt on.
What fascinated me about it was the four petal flower which I haven't seen before on this kind of hilt. My keris hilt has leaves but the hilts on the badek doesn't. Michael |
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18th April 2012, 07:45 AM
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Nice one also Michael . May be mine was the local Florist ' s keris !
Could you please post a photo from the top showing the ganja fully inserted into the sheath ? It seems to be out of the wrangka . Henri |
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18th April 2012, 08:56 AM
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Yes, more pics, please, Michael!
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18th April 2012, 09:23 AM
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Quote:
Actually mine is standing out of the scabbard, which is strongly U-shaped as you can see. Michael |
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