Keris for comment

[Rick]

Let's try to refrain from casting aspersions upon the Seller .
I know that this has been lively and entertaining; but one thing can often lead to another .
I would hate to see this escalate.

I gave up trying to educate Sellers some few years ago .

[David]

Rick is right. Let's keep it civil, even with this absent ebay dealer.
It's always a toss-up for me when i see inaccuracies on ebay whether or not i make contact. Sometimes the sellers have been very receptive, but then you get a response like this. I contacted another guy just recently about Moro weapons and it turns out that his dad has a storefont right across the river from me that i never knew existed loaded with Philippines blades. We had a great face to face and i showed them how to ID the newer stuff and they were very grateful and i now have a new source to hit every now and then. So sometimes it works out well for everyone.
I think this guy is beyond anyone's help and we should just move on.

[A. G. Maisey]

I'm actually rather partial to peanuts, David. Probably eat about half a kilo a week of them, washed down with Perrier sometimes, other times with a decent Shiraz. I think in an emegency I could just about live on peanuts.Peanuts and Shiraz, not peanuts and Perrier. Gotta get your fruit somehow.

If this gentleman was referring to me, well, maybe he`s right. All those peanuts over so many years gotta have some sort effect.

I believe this gentleman is located in Perth.

I know a lady living near Perth who is a student of the keris and who has a reasonable level of knowledge.

There is also an Indonesian fellow who runs a business selling goloks and similar things that are made in Bandung. This fellow also knows a little bit about the keris.

If this seller truly wishes to learn what it is he is offering for sale, I dare say I could put him in touch with these people.

If he does not wish to learn, well perhaps he would be wise to beat a strategic retreat and wait a year or so before listing this object again.

[David]

Not big on peanuts myself, but i love a good shiraz.
Frankly i get the impression from our e-mails that the fellow really doesn't want to learn anything, but hopefully i am wrong about that. As for re-listing, he claims that he sold it to a "knowledgable" collector , but i have a sneaky suspicion that is not the case.

[A. G. Maisey]

Don`t be such a sceptic David.

He might have sold it to a knowledgeable collector.

I know absolutely nothing about Teddy Bears.

This knowledgeable collector he sold it to clearly knows absolutely nothing about keris.

We all have own area of expertise.

[David]

LOL!!!