Need Help to Identify Sepuh (Old) / Kamardikan Java Keris

Johan van Zyl · 10th August 2017, 08:03 AM

Bejo, I'm always intrigued when I view these beautiful photos the members post. It adds to our knowledge & insight. Thank you! And it looks like cardboard is not a bad background to lay the keris on.

I see what Alan & Gustav mean when they say the ron dhas are not identically cut. I had earlier not given the ron dhas a second look.

Interesting (to me, at least) is the stories behind the acquisition of the kerisses. If credible, they form the history of the keris in question. I always try to research the background of my acquisitions (mostly non-keris

) and find it whets the appetite!

I loved that ukiran when I first saw it. It looks so well-made.

A question (maybe a dumb one): were these pre- or post- WWII kerisses (like Bejo's) made with a steel core, or is the metal used of industrial manufacture with a satisfactory carbon content? I do not see a steel core.

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10th August 2017, 08:03 AM	#16
Johan van Zyl Member Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: I live in Gordon's Bay, a village in the Western Cape Province in South Africa. Posts: 126	Bejo, I'm always intrigued when I view these beautiful photos the members post. It adds to our knowledge & insight. Thank you! And it looks like cardboard is not a bad background to lay the keris on. I see what Alan & Gustav mean when they say the ron dhas are not identically cut. I had earlier not given the ron dhas a second look. Interesting (to me, at least) is the stories behind the acquisition of the kerisses. If credible, they form the history of the keris in question. I always try to research the background of my acquisitions (mostly non-keris ) and find it whets the appetite! I loved that ukiran when I first saw it. It looks so well-made. A question (maybe a dumb one): were these pre- or post- WWII kerisses (like Bejo's) made with a steel core, or is the metal used of industrial manufacture with a satisfactory carbon content? I do not see a steel core.