My third Kris

[A. G. Maisey]

Jean, I do not know how you measured the angle of deviation, but what I did in PS was to tilt the image 10 degrees left, then using the crop tool run a line across the top of the gandar. Then I tilted the image back to its original position.

I then tilted the image ten degrees to the right and ran the crop tool across the top of the pendok.

So, I figure that when I get a fair degree of agreement between the two surfaces with the same degree of deviation in order to meet a straight line, I'm going to get a fair degree of agreement when they do actually do meet.

I have not seen the other side of the wrongko and the only true way to test if we have an agreeable marriage is to rip the thing off and then whack it back on , right way around.

Yes, there might well be a degree of inadequacy in the meeting, but not so much that it could not be corrected, and if that were to be the case, well then, we just explain to mpetr how to fix it. The fitting of a pendok is of course a basic procedure that I believe every keris collector has done many times. One thing is certain, it cannot continue to live as it is at the moment.

[Jean]

I hope that mpetr will be able to remove the pendok and check the angle matching in the right position. After further checking it seems that it should be quite good from the pic

[A. G. Maisey]

Yeah, hopefully it will fit OK first go, but if it doesn't, its no big trick to make it fit.

[mpetr]

Here is another photo of the kris - corrected

[A. G. Maisey]

Looks good.

[David]

Very nice!

[Jean]

Perfect matching!