Bali/Lombok keris from ebay

Gustav · 15th July 2009, 09:56 PM

Dear All,

this just ended on ebay, described as pre-1800 keris. As I have seen very small amount of information about Bali/Lombok kerisses, I would like to use the opportunity to learn about things, which are really interesting me.

I have a couple of very incautious questions:

1) The first is about this creation instead of uwer; I have seen once something similar (picture below); is it an older form? Is it a form?

2) The shape of the blade - it seems to be pretty narrow; no jenggot on kembang kacang, which I have seen in most pictures of kerisses with this dapur; the kembang kacang is a little bit thicker at the end as in the middle - is there a possibility, the blade has been reshaped, or it is an older form of this dapur?

3) Is this an old Bali staining?

(I apologise for my English and probably very naive questions)

15th July 2009, 09:56 PM	#1
Gustav Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,196	Bali/Lombok keris from ebay Dear All, this just ended on ebay, described as pre-1800 keris. As I have seen very small amount of information about Bali/Lombok kerisses, I would like to use the opportunity to learn about things, which are really interesting me. I have a couple of very incautious questions: 1) The first is about this creation instead of uwer; I have seen once something similar (picture below); is it an older form? Is it a form? 2) The shape of the blade - it seems to be pretty narrow; no jenggot on kembang kacang, which I have seen in most pictures of kerisses with this dapur; the kembang kacang is a little bit thicker at the end as in the middle - is there a possibility, the blade has been reshaped, or it is an older form of this dapur? 3) Is this an old Bali staining? (I apologise for my English and probably very naive questions) Attached Images