Looking for Information on this Kris.

rasdan · 12th January 2008, 03:25 PM

Hi,

Just guessing. My bet is that this is a malay keris that comes from northern peninsula, posibbly Kedah. Quite a number of keris coming out from Kedah has this kind of fittings. However, the blade is normally of the jalak jantan/betina type which this one is not. The hilt in my opinion does not belong to the sheath. It seems that it is of a later work. This type of sheath usually come with a jawa demam hilt. However the combination is still valid, if we want to accept that the fittings are Sumatran. It is also possible that this is a North Peninsula (not east coast) blade, but its just a guess.

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12th January 2008, 03:25 PM	#20
rasdan Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Kuala Lumpur Posts: 369	Hi, Just guessing. My bet is that this is a malay keris that comes from northern peninsula, posibbly Kedah. Quite a number of keris coming out from Kedah has this kind of fittings. However, the blade is normally of the jalak jantan/betina type which this one is not. The hilt in my opinion does not belong to the sheath. It seems that it is of a later work. This type of sheath usually come with a jawa demam hilt. However the combination is still valid, if we want to accept that the fittings are Sumatran. It is also possible that this is a North Peninsula (not east coast) blade, but its just a guess.