Looking for Information on this Kris.

[Alam Shah]

Originally Posted by freebooter

Hi Alam Shah, Thank you for your reply. I don't think the blade has been repaired, I have included another 2 photos showing the detail of the Ganja, what is shown in the first photo of the original posting is what I would just call an age spot. I don't think from holding it and looking at this Kris, that the Belalai Gajah is an add on, again see photo, but then I don't know much of the forging processes of knives. I can say that there is amazing detail, I'd even go so far as to say that I can see the Elephants eyes, though not shown very well in the photos. With regards to the luks, I too am confused on this matter, if I was to just count them I would say 10, but if I included the head of the Belalai Gajah as the first wave, I would say 11.
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The newer pictures showed that the belalai gajah is intact, not repaired on the reverse side. I stand corrected, the flow is there and 11 luks it is then. Gazing on the blade, many abstract forms may appear.

Originally Posted by freebooter

... some have placed it as early as the 14th century, but all I am told is taken with a grain of salt until my own research can confirm or deny any claims. I am guessing that a traditional cleaning might reveal more but I am quite taken by the old patina it carries and in particular the somewhat green hue this blade has in places. I too like the pendokok, for some reason it reminds me of the great Angkor architecture. The toe of the sheath is horn too David.
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19th century would be my estimate. The bugis pendokok, is widely used in the malay archipelago, (peninsular malaysia, sumatra, riau-lingga...etc), so by virtue of this alone, it would be difficult to determine origin. I like this form too.