Bali keris comments plz

[David]

Originally Posted by JeffS

Thank you Alan. I purchased it for the hilt (needed for another Bali keris in my collection), but will clean this up hoping to have a rough, but honest old village keris with attractive pamor. I may circle back after it is cleaned up to see if I can learn a bit more, but understood this is not a particularly interesting keris for this board. A veneer would be easier to replace than a pendok if it turns out to be worth the effort.

Jeff, i'm not sure why you think this keris would not be of interest to this board. It actually looks like quite a nice restoration project if you are interested in undertaking it.
It is difficult to be sure what the pamor is on this keris, but it looks something like pamor santa or some related pamor. Washing and restaining the keris will make identification much easier. If you have the skills to place new veneer on this sarong, stain the blade and get a nice uwer you could end up with a pretty decent keris. Please update this thread if you do indeed restore it.