Older Ivory Junggayan Kalis

[David]

Originally Posted by Dajak

I don t say that there are not nice javanese kris in Indonesia only the most off them are spread about europe .

I think that you really have just no way of knowing what is held in private Javanese collections.
Now this might be more true about Bali, given the pupatans as Bill mentions. There the dutch got a hold of a good deal of the regalia keris, keris they promised to give back at one time, but then changed their minds and never did. Many of the keris that were scooped up after the pupatans where very high quality court keris given the very nature of what the pupatans were and who laid down their lives (and keris) in them.

[Dajak]

Originally Posted by David

I think that you really have just no way of knowing what is held in private Javanese collections.
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David you don't now much about the Indonesian history how things did go 100 year s and more ago at Java otherwise you would not write this .


Ben

[David]

Originally Posted by Dajak

David you don't now much about the Indonesian history how things did go 100 year s and more ago at Java otherwise you would not write this .
Ben

Ben, i think you and i have side tracked this discussion on Bill's Moro keris much too much with talk of keris and Jawa. I would highly suggest that you start a thread on this in the keris forum where i will be more than willing to allow you to educate myself and others on how things went 100 years ago in Jawa.
Sorry Bill.
Let's talk more about this wonderful kris.

[Dajak]

I agree




Ben

[David]

Originally Posted by Dajak

I agree

I knew we could agree on something Ben.

[apolaki]

heyy!

i was searching the forum for moro kris, and i found this thread and its a very beautiful moro kris! im happy to stumble upon it because the scabbord looks similar to the scabbord for my moro kris, dont you think?