Five elements in a mendahk, is it magic?

David · 12th November 2024, 05:21 PM

A lot of guessing going on here. I will say that it would be a pretty small shark's tooth if that is what it is. I'd also say that unless Hugh is willing to dissect this and remove all the pieces for closer examination we can just keep on guessing what these objects are all day. And of course, even after positive identification, the actual intent here would probably remain only a guess as well. So the question here is do we undo what has been done here or leave it be. Frankly the mendhak is pretty damaged. If it was my keris i might be inclined to replace it in the ensemble. If it was going to leave it on the keris i would probably not consider taking it apart, but if i were to retire it it might be interesting to see if more information is available. For instance, is there anything written on the paper. But ultimately these decision will be upo to Hugh and i respect his choices either way.

12th November 2024, 05:21 PM	#22
David Keris forum moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 7,211	A lot of guessing going on here. I will say that it would be a pretty small shark's tooth if that is what it is. I'd also say that unless Hugh is willing to dissect this and remove all the pieces for closer examination we can just keep on guessing what these objects are all day. And of course, even after positive identification, the actual intent here would probably remain only a guess as well. So the question here is do we undo what has been done here or leave it be. Frankly the mendhak is pretty damaged. If it was my keris i might be inclined to replace it in the ensemble. If it was going to leave it on the keris i would probably not consider taking it apart, but if i were to retire it it might be interesting to see if more information is available. For instance, is there anything written on the paper. But ultimately these decision will be upo to Hugh and i respect his choices either way.