5 Keris hilts

[Marcokeris]

two fantasies

[David]

Still not seeing the "fantasy".

[A. G. Maisey]

Really Marco?

Or perhaps you mean in the archaic sense:- "with sense" (Oxford)

[Marcokeris]

Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey

Really Marco?

Or perhaps you mean in the archaic sense:- "with sense" (Oxford)

yes, fantasies hilt are different.. but I think that all the hilts posted till now in this Apolaki post-page are not fantasies.

[David]

Originally Posted by Marcokeris

yes, fantasies hilt are different.. but I think that all the hilts posted till now in this Apolaki post-page are not fantasies.

But why do you identify the hilts you posted as "two fantasies" then?

[Marcokeris]

I wrote thinking about what Jean had written. I thought you understood. Instead I was wrong O

[rasdan]

Hello Apolaki and everyone,

As far as I am concerned, the two rightmost handles are known as deder lempuyangan from Jogja. Lempuyang is a type of ginger and the hilt supposedly resemble the flower of the plant.

The one with the snake is known as deder sirah sawer. Sirah means head and sawer means snake. So sirah sawer means snake head.

Different people may call the hilts by different names.

[David]

Originally Posted by Marcokeris

I wrote thinking about what Jean had written. I thought you understood. Instead I was wrong O

Thanks Marco. Perhaps a wink would have help me understand you were joking.
Is that first hilt you posted whale bone?

[apolaki]

Originally Posted by Marcokeris

two fantasies

Wow thanks for sharing the photos Marco! I wonder if I were to polish my versions would they eventually become halus like yours? joking of course

[Rick]

I agree, it's most likely Whale bone.
We find old Pilot whale (Blackfish) bones in the salt marsh we live on the edge of. These bones have lots of 'pores' visible.
Pilot whales strand on the barrier beach during the Fall and used to wash over into the marsh after storms; now the town comes out with a bulldozer and buries them.
Kino has a kampilan with a whale bone handle and guard.

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...+bone+kampilan