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Old 19th March 2007, 12:18 PM   #1
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Default Small Ivory hilted Keris For Comment

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Picked this up at the show this weekend. Seems to be an older keris? The creature reminded me of a cartoon character from my childhood

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Old 19th March 2007, 12:36 PM   #2
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Surely it seems an old malay (?) keris. Nice the sarong.
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Old 19th March 2007, 01:51 PM   #3
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Nice score Lew. Yoou should glad i didn't show this past weekend or i may have been vieing for that keris as well.
I know we have seen that sheath form before, either from Kai Wee or Shahrial i think. Maybe they will have something to say. I think this may be a Sumatran form.
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...I know we have seen that sheath form before, either from Kai Wee or Shahrial i think. Maybe they will have something to say. I think this may be a Sumatran form.
I've shown an example of the sheath form before, but Kai Wee do have a piece. [ Kai Wee's example ] Discussion of the pieces [ here ].

Hmmm... this one is a little tricky. The blade looks Sumatran. The selut, Palembang styled. The hilt form, ... unusual . The sheath's cross-piece looks a little odd, possibly a replacement. The shaft looks nice, truer to the shape of a Sumatran piece. Sorry, just my frank opinion. The blade is nice though.
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Old 20th March 2007, 01:05 AM   #5
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From Sesame Street or the Muppets Show?

Did you made the hot needle test, Lew?

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From Sesame Street or the Muppets Show?

Did you made the hot needle test, Lew?

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Beany and Cecil from the 60s. Don't need to do the hot needle test I can see the cross hatch pattern in the ivory in spots.

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Old 20th March 2007, 09:17 AM   #7
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Kermit would have been close enough...

Good score, Lew!
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Kermit would have been close enough...

Good score, Lew!
Kai I think more like these guys


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Kai I think more like these guys


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Awesome dude!!! Kowabunga!!!....no wait...that's Bart Simpson.
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