Keris Sepang

[kai]

Hello David & Alan,

from the pics, it looks like a grinding mark to me?

Regards,
Kai

[David]

Originally Posted by kai

Hello David & Alan,

from the pics, it looks like a grinding mark to me?

Regards,
Kai

I thought that at first as well Kai, and that just might be, but it reacts really differently from the rest of the pamor and seems to be of a higher contrast material than the rest. As Alan points out, it does seem rather uncontrolled...

[David]

Well, i'm going to give this one more try before putting it to rest. ANY more info or examples of keris sepang out there?
I have checked our archives, of course, and seen a few more examples, but there is little real info to go along with them. The books i own don't seem to shed too much more light on the subject either. I am interested in approximately when this form may have emerged and what significance it might have held (since it is a departure from the norm for keris dhapur). Anybody?

[Naga Sasra]

Okay David, I will attemps to be the "anybody" here Attached five pieces from various area's that with one exception would qualify as the dapur Sepang

[Jean]

Originally Posted by Naga Sasra

Okay David, I will attemps to be the "anybody" here Attached five pieces from various area's that with one exception would qualify as the dapur Sepang

Hello Naga Sasra,
According to the EK (but not the book Dhapur), the kris shown on your first and last pictures has a dapur Regol (with twin gandik). I attach the pictures of a similar kris from my collection, and of my only kris with dapur Sepang.
David, sorry I have no information about the origin of this dapur, I consider it as just a variant symmetrical dapur like dapur Regol or Karna Tinanding. There is another variation of dapur Sepang with a gandik as indicated in the EK and shown in the book Dhapur.
Regards

[David]

Thanks guys. It's nice to see other examples even if we can't find more information. Way too much knowledge about keris obscured by time...