KERIS WITH NICE PARMOR

VANDOO · 5th December 2005, 09:57 PM

A KERIS EBAY # 7370489122 JUST CLOSED. I ESPECIALLY LIKED THE UNUSUAL AND ATTRACTIVE PARMOR , IT MUST HAVE BEEN A GOOD ONE JUDEGING FROM THE PRICE. PERHAPS MADE FOR A FAMOUS BARBER AS IT HAS A PATTERN REMINESCENT OF A BARBER POLE

ENJOY

Lew · 5th December 2005, 10:17 PM

Looks like a new keris to me but I am no expert. I can't believe someone paid that kind of money for what looks like a new keris

Lew

Tim Simmons · 5th December 2005, 10:22 PM

Ahh! things have not been so bad after all.

nechesh · 5th December 2005, 10:54 PM

Lew, i don't think this is a new keris.......but it ain't from 1400 neither. It looks like a fairly nice example of a pamor that is not easily found in older keris and it also has a somewhat unusal dapor as well. It could, of course, be a newer keris that was artifically aged, but i tend to think this keris has some true age to it. Not the date specified, but not new. Still, i don't think i'd pay that price for it either.

nechesh · 6th December 2005, 02:53 PM

OK, one with far greater knowledge of such things than i has convinced me that this keris is indeed of recent manufacture.

I guess that's why i left that little disclaimer in my first post, just a gut feeling. It really gets tough when they go to all that trouble to make things look old.

Rick · 6th December 2005, 03:27 PM

Yeah , when I looked at this 'piece' it looked like it hade been left to etch just enough to give it the cloak of age .
IMO most of these unusual and rare original pamors are for the most part already in Indo collections .

Mick · 6th December 2005, 04:13 PM

What I can't figure out is why a guy from Jogja who writes all that technical info for this "find" has the pendok on backwards.

Rick · 6th December 2005, 04:42 PM

Mick ,

I note there were only two bidders IIRC .
That's weird .

5th December 2005, 09:57 PM	#1
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	KERIS WITH NICE PARMOR A KERIS EBAY # 7370489122 JUST CLOSED. I ESPECIALLY LIKED THE UNUSUAL AND ATTRACTIVE PARMOR , IT MUST HAVE BEEN A GOOD ONE JUDEGING FROM THE PRICE. PERHAPS MADE FOR A FAMOUS BARBER AS IT HAS A PATTERN REMINESCENT OF A BARBER POLE ENJOY

5th December 2005, 10:17 PM	#2
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	Looks like a new keris to me but I am no expert. I can't believe someone paid that kind of money for what looks like a new keris Lew

5th December 2005, 10:22 PM	#3
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,739	Ahh! things have not been so bad after all.

5th December 2005, 10:54 PM	#4
nechesh Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 940	Lew, i don't think this is a new keris.......but it ain't from 1400 neither. It looks like a fairly nice example of a pamor that is not easily found in older keris and it also has a somewhat unusal dapor as well. It could, of course, be a newer keris that was artifically aged, but i tend to think this keris has some true age to it. Not the date specified, but not new. Still, i don't think i'd pay that price for it either.

6th December 2005, 02:53 PM	#5
nechesh Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 940	OK, one with far greater knowledge of such things than i has convinced me that this keris is indeed of recent manufacture. I guess that's why i left that little disclaimer in my first post, just a gut feeling. It really gets tough when they go to all that trouble to make things look old.

6th December 2005, 03:27 PM	#6
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,263	Yeah , when I looked at this 'piece' it looked like it hade been left to etch just enough to give it the cloak of age . IMO most of these unusual and rare original pamors are for the most part already in Indo collections .

6th December 2005, 04:13 PM	#7
Mick Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Orlando Posts: 104	What I can't figure out is why a guy from Jogja who writes all that technical info for this "find" has the pendok on backwards.

6th December 2005, 04:42 PM	#8
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,263	Mick , I note there were only two bidders IIRC . That's weird .