Keris blade

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by ferrylaki

It looks better in your photograph. look at the pijetan and blumbangan. it still untouched and shows us that it is an old keris. the sogokan loks very fine, the kembang kacang is strong. good luck with the sanding process. you'll find this keris more attractive and beautiful. what style of sarong would you like? 16 inch keris is a little bit longer for a javanese keris, I agree with Alan. or maybe you've already have a warangka for this keris?

Hello Ferry,

thank you, yes also at the peksi you can see that it is an old blade, but some cratches I have to sand with wet paper to get a smooth facing. And Mr. Maisey have been correct when he say that it is most probably a Lombok blade so I have to look for sarung from there. A warangka with this size I don't have. Maybe I will get one by e-bay one day or by my next trip to Indonesia.

sajen

[Sajen]

After all the time also this blade has get a new stain and the blade shows a fine pamor. Still don't have a sarung for this blade but like you see I don't forget my blades also when it need some time!
Do you think that this blade is it worth to get a proper sarung?

[David]

Detlef, another fine job bringing an old blade back to life. I certainly thing it deserves some good dressing and would recommend something in a Bali form since i believe Alan was probably right about this being a Lombok blade.

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by David

Detlef, another fine job bringing an old blade back to life. I certainly thing it deserves some good dressing and would recommend something in a Bali form since i believe Alan was probably right about this being a Lombok blade.

David,

agree with you and Alan that it is a Lombok blade. Let us see what I will be able to manage the next years!

Regards,

Detlef

[PenangsangII]

IMHO, Jawa or Lombok or even Bali provenance does not really matter, as I believe though the forging is quite well done, the blade was not made by an Empu or at least a Pandai keris. Look at the tips of the sogokan, and compare that with the blumbangan cleavage near the gandik. If its an empu made, definitely the line of the blumbangan would be nicely touch the tips of the sogokan, and cross the middle of 2nd luk. Any blade made by an empu or pande of any provenance / era would stick to this rule.

[David]

Originally Posted by PenangsangII

IMHO, Jawa or Lombok or even Bali provenance does not really matter, as I believe though the forging is quite well done, the blade was not made by an Empu or at least a Pandai keris. Look at the tips of the sogokan, and compare that with the blumbangan cleavage near the gandik. If its an empu made, definitely the line of the blumbangan would be nicely touch the tips of the sogokan, and cross the middle of 2nd luk. Any blade made by an empu or pande of any provenance / era would stick to this rule.

Sorry, but i am confused as to exactly why you believe that the origin of the blade is unimportant in Detlef's decision on how to dress it. Frankly i would image that the large majority of the blades that we show and discuss here are not empu made keris, yet most of them are clearly in a style or form which does still dictate proper cultural dress.

[PenangsangII]

Originally Posted by David

Sorry, but i am confused as to exactly why you believe that the origin of the blade is unimportant in Detlef's decision on how to dress it. Frankly i would image that the large majority of the blades that we show and discuss here are not empu made keris, yet most of them are clearly in a style or form which does still dictate proper cultural dress.

I hope my earlier comment does not confuse anyone. It was meant to stress that anywhere within the Nusantara realm, empus and pandes had to conform with the so called defined SIFIR (measurement) as that of kraton's or istana's guideline. Even within Malay keris culture, the said sifir still hold true - maybe keris diasphora came from Jawanese kraton, thats why no matter how different the dapur looks, the measurement is still the same.

As such, dressing the keris also normally conform to that of the kraton / istana pakem, unless a keris was made by non empu / pande, the dress then is whatever we feel like dressing IMHO.

I am not sure whether everyone can understand what I was trying to say, as my English is not that good. feel free to ask more if clarification is needed.

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by PenangsangII

IMHO, Jawa or Lombok or even Bali provenance does not really matter, as I believe though the forging is quite well done, the blade was not made by an Empu or at least a Pandai keris. Look at the tips of the sogokan, and compare that with the blumbangan cleavage near the gandik. If its an empu made, definitely the line of the blumbangan would be nicely touch the tips of the sogokan, and cross the middle of 2nd luk. Any blade made by an empu or pande of any provenance / era would stick to this rule.

Hello Penangsang,

agree with you that this isn't a blade which is worked by a high standard. Shall I understand by your words that this blade isn't worth to get a proper dress?

Regards,

Detlef

[PenangsangII]

Originally Posted by Sajen

Hello Penangsang,

agree with you that this isn't a blade which is worked by a high standard. Shall I understand by your words that this blade isn't worth to get a proper dress?

Regards,

Detlef

Hi detlef,

i hope you dont take my earlier comment as an insult. My point was, since the keris was believed to have been made in East Java or Lombok in particular, so dress it in whatever you see fit. But if was most likely made by an empu or even a pande, then the dress has to be more particular.

However, from my own understanding, the keris dress is not necessarily attributed to the place of origin, but rather where the keris was last found (where and who was the last owner). This however only applies to Nusantara area.

Hope this clarifies, but feel free to ask if my words are hard to understand