Keris Jambi?

Sajen · 21st January 2009, 01:24 AM

Thank you Mr. Maisey for identify the pamor. Yes, the wash out pamor and the welding/forging mistake have been the reason why I don't want to take it at first. But the reasonable price and the nice sarung/dress let change my opion.

A. G. Maisey · 21st January 2009, 02:12 AM

Sajen, its an old keris, and its not a bad keris. Not all keris are masterworks of the art. This is a good, solid, representative keris of its type, personally, I like it.

My own collection is the product of more than 50 years of collecting, I do have some very exceptional pieces in that collection, but I also have a lot of keris that are far, very far, from perfect, and if I consider those keris with which I would not part, most of the keris in this category are the very imperfect ones that I feel a bond with, rather than the princely pieces adorned in gold.

When you buy keris, it is perhaps best to choose those keris that you personally like, and think you might be able to feel something for, rather than a piece of perfection that leaves you cold.If you can find the aesthetically beautiful keris, and you feel something for it as well, that's when you've hit the jackpot.

Sajen · 21st January 2009, 09:52 PM

Hello Mr. Maisey, thank's for your reply. Today I am happy to buy this keris long time ago. It's true, sometimes I have a moore deep feeling to a keris which will seem to others not so valuable then a piece with ivory or kintah mas. i have some "every day keris" which I think they have still the original dress and the patination show me a little from the life of this piece. Such a keris I will prefer then one of the pieces you can see so often on e-bay, old blade and a new valuable dress. I don't have something against a new dress for a respectable old blade, pls. no missunderstanding. But I don't will get a feeling for a dazzler.
Regards,
sajen

21st January 2009, 01:24 AM	#1
Sajen Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany, Dortmund Posts: 9,165	Thank you Mr. Maisey for identify the pamor. Yes, the wash out pamor and the welding/forging mistake have been the reason why I don't want to take it at first. But the reasonable price and the nice sarung/dress let change my opion.

21st January 2009, 02:12 AM	#2
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,991	Sajen, its an old keris, and its not a bad keris. Not all keris are masterworks of the art. This is a good, solid, representative keris of its type, personally, I like it. My own collection is the product of more than 50 years of collecting, I do have some very exceptional pieces in that collection, but I also have a lot of keris that are far, very far, from perfect, and if I consider those keris with which I would not part, most of the keris in this category are the very imperfect ones that I feel a bond with, rather than the princely pieces adorned in gold. When you buy keris, it is perhaps best to choose those keris that you personally like, and think you might be able to feel something for, rather than a piece of perfection that leaves you cold.If you can find the aesthetically beautiful keris, and you feel something for it as well, that's when you've hit the jackpot.

21st January 2009, 09:52 PM	#3
Sajen Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany, Dortmund Posts: 9,165	Hello Mr. Maisey, thank's for your reply. Today I am happy to buy this keris long time ago. It's true, sometimes I have a moore deep feeling to a keris which will seem to others not so valuable then a piece with ivory or kintah mas. i have some "every day keris" which I think they have still the original dress and the patination show me a little from the life of this piece. Such a keris I will prefer then one of the pieces you can see so often on e-bay, old blade and a new valuable dress. I don't have something against a new dress for a respectable old blade, pls. no missunderstanding. But I don't will get a feeling for a dazzler. Regards, sajen