Keris Bugis - Udan Mas

brekele · 29th December 2009, 10:50 AM

Welcome to the forum Mas Hartadi.

It's many keris with pamor udan mas in javanese keris , but yours... Bugis keris with pamor udan mas? hhhmm...really nice and very rare.
Just wondering when you get bored with this one...

Hartadi · 29th December 2009, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by brekele

as? ...really nice and very rare.
Just wondering when you get bored with this one...

Hello Mas Bre.. Thanks for compliments, I don't think will get bored with this Keris for the next ten years..he..he..

BluErf · 29th December 2009, 02:28 PM

Dear Hartadi,

From the pictures, I think the crack had been repaired before. Very often kemuning will warp and crack such that some parts of the wood will bend away from the main body.

I've not seen how the repair is actually done, but I believe the wood may be bent back towards the original position and wood-glued back in place. This may possibly involve partial breaking of the wood to push it back into place. I have a keris sheath which was like that (when I 1st possessed it) and then had it repaired. A give away is the lighter tone on the wood, which is the result of sanding to smoothen the area which was fixed.

I think it is a good repair, and is best left as if.

Hartadi · 29th December 2009, 02:57 PM

Hi Toh, agreed...! Thanks.

I'll probably leave the crack as it is now. Re-joint the crack will encourage me to do rasp that resulting different colour of kemuning with an antiques color. I know there's a chemical we can use for re-color the wood, but avoid to do so.

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29th December 2009, 10:50 AM	#1
brekele Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 208	Welcome to the forum Mas Hartadi. It's many keris with pamor udan mas in javanese keris , but yours... Bugis keris with pamor udan mas? hhhmm...really nice and very rare. Just wondering when you get bored with this one...

29th December 2009, 02:28 PM	#3
BluErf Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,180	Dear Hartadi, From the pictures, I think the crack had been repaired before. Very often kemuning will warp and crack such that some parts of the wood will bend away from the main body. I've not seen how the repair is actually done, but I believe the wood may be bent back towards the original position and wood-glued back in place. This may possibly involve partial breaking of the wood to push it back into place. I have a keris sheath which was like that (when I 1st possessed it) and then had it repaired. A give away is the lighter tone on the wood, which is the result of sanding to smoothen the area which was fixed. I think it is a good repair, and is best left as if.

29th December 2009, 02:57 PM	#4
Hartadi Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 56	Hi Toh, agreed...! Thanks. I'll probably leave the crack as it is now. Re-joint the crack will encourage me to do rasp that resulting different colour of kemuning with an antiques color. I know there's a chemical we can use for re-color the wood, but avoid to do so.