Anglo-Saxon Keris for Comments

David · 13th June 2017, 05:11 PM

I agree with Jean here. I will add, before the word gets used again, that the sheath Jean shows here, while rare, is hardly "atypical". It is a very traditional style from it's time. The reason it is rare today is that those traditional styles evolved over time and wooden sheaths, being made of a relatively delicate material, simply do not tend to survive enact over the many centuries.

Bjorn · 13th June 2017, 08:02 PM

I seem to recall recently that many of the wrongko contemporary to the one shown by Jean were also decorated with sunggingan.
At the moment I'm reading Jensen's Krisdisk, so I probably got it from there. If so, then it seems likely that the above applied to pieces commissioned by nobililty.

13th June 2017, 05:11 PM	#1
David Keris forum moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 7,229	I agree with Jean here. I will add, before the word gets used again, that the sheath Jean shows here, while rare, is hardly "atypical". It is a very traditional style from it's time. The reason it is rare today is that those traditional styles evolved over time and wooden sheaths, being made of a relatively delicate material, simply do not tend to survive enact over the many centuries.

13th June 2017, 08:02 PM	#2
Bjorn Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Netherlands Posts: 188	I seem to recall recently that many of the wrongko contemporary to the one shown by Jean were also decorated with sunggingan. At the moment I'm reading Jensen's Krisdisk, so I probably got it from there. If so, then it seems likely that the above applied to pieces commissioned by nobililty.