New Year New Keris

[mariusgmioc]

I do not know almost anything about krises, but this is definitely a masterpiece of pattern welding. Posibly made by the same pande that made the braided blade that was shown here some time ago.
Anyhow, this is a recently made kris and I believe it is less than 20 years young.

[jagabuwana]

Nice beefy blade, though almost certainly post 1945. I do like the Madura style ladrang wrongkos.

Dhapur "sinom robyong" came to mind but I think that requires sogokan.

[JustYS]

Thank you David, mariusgmioc and jagabuwana for your feedbacks.

I agree that the blade looks too “intact” to be old.

Hi Mariusgmioc, which blade are you reffering to (braided pamor)? Is it the one with pamor Jarot Asem?

Hi Jagabuwana,

Yes due to the presence of the jenggot, my first thought was Sinom Robyong as well. However like you had mentioned Sinom Robyong was listed with sogokan which did not exist in my blade.

Cheers

[David]

Originally Posted by jagabuwana

Nice beefy blade, though almost certainly post 1945.

In practice post-1945 is really the same as saying post 1970s. There are not a lot of keris being made in the period between 1945-early 1970s. I think this keris was made after the 1970s, but really could be as recent as last week.

[mariusgmioc]

This one

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ght=kamardikan

[JustYS]

Originally Posted by mariusgmioc

This one

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ght=kamardikan

Thanks for the link mariusgmioc.

I can see some similarities blade-wise, though i believe the pamor on Anthony's keris is much more complex than mine.

Cheers,

[David]

Originally Posted by JustYS

I can see some similarities blade-wise, though i believe the pamor on Anthony's keris is much more complex than mine.

Well, i don't see too many similarities blade-wise between the two. I think you are correct that the keris Marius linked to is a more difficult pamor to forge. Your Lintang Kemukus is executed with great skill, but i see no reason to assume that the same smith was responsible for both these blades as Marius suggests. There are certainly more than just one highly skilled keris smith working in Indonesia at the moment.

[Anthony G.]

Originally Posted by David

Well, i don't see too many similarities blade-wise between the two. I think you are correct that the keris Marius linked to is a more difficult pamor to forge. Your Lintang Kemukus is executed with great skill, but i see no reason to assume that the same smith was responsible for both these blades as Marius suggests. There are certainly more than just one highly skilled keris smith working in Indonesia at the moment.

I think it is not from the same empu. But nevertheless, this keris is a beauty. The steel looks like it is forged from old keris material. nice!