East Javanese Keris(es) - Discussion

A. G. Maisey · 4th March 2013, 09:34 AM

Detlef, any blade can go into any dress, and once there, you match the hilt to the scabbard, and you call it a such& such keris in accordance with the scabbard & hilt, but if you then remove the blade so it can be seen, you classify the blade into the appropriate tangguh.

Bearing in mind that we don't really know exactly where this scabbard is from, it is probably OK to fit a north coast hilt.

4th March 2013, 09:34 AM	#34
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,992	Detlef, any blade can go into any dress, and once there, you match the hilt to the scabbard, and you call it a such& such keris in accordance with the scabbard & hilt, but if you then remove the blade so it can be seen, you classify the blade into the appropriate tangguh. Bearing in mind that we don't really know exactly where this scabbard is from, it is probably OK to fit a north coast hilt.