Sele from Makassar (Keris Bugis)

[kai]

Originally Posted by Alam Shah

The blade looks like a javanese patrem with it's thin and longer ganja. It looks as though it was reshaped from a longer piece. The pamor lines does not flow with the luks.

Thanks, mas Alam! I've been wondering about the pamor flow, too. However, if the shortening would have been done in Jawa, why were the original shape modified, especially since this can't be hidden with a pamor miring blade?

In your assembly, the hilt and pendokok (hilt cup) looks a little 'out of place'. Without the longer 'neck' of the pendokok, the hilt would probably would not fit the entire length of the peksi.

Yup, the peksi is 53 mm (2.1") long. The blade is only 175 mm (6.9")!

Feel free to disagree.

No need to, I guess...

Regards,
Kai