Javanese keris for comment

ronpakis · 10th January 2005, 03:55 PM

Congratulations,
You have bought yourself a very nice central javanese keris, Surakarta region i think. The pamor is also called rongenduru and to some dutch authors very high in ranking. it is absolutly very very good. The whole keris is complete, probably late 19th century. Some authors would rate this as a kratonkeris. This means that it is worn by royal or high ranking persons. Im curious how the blade fits its sheath?
The mendak is probably gilded. The pendok (metal oversheath) could be some kind of alloy, i cant tell what kind.

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10th January 2005, 03:55 PM	#2
ronpakis Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: netherlands Posts: 75	Congratulations, You have bought yourself a very nice central javanese keris, Surakarta region i think. The pamor is also called rongenduru and to some dutch authors very high in ranking. it is absolutly very very good. The whole keris is complete, probably late 19th century. Some authors would rate this as a kratonkeris. This means that it is worn by royal or high ranking persons. Im curious how the blade fits its sheath? The mendak is probably gilded. The pendok (metal oversheath) could be some kind of alloy, i cant tell what kind.