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Old 30th September 2006, 04:40 PM   #1
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Default Strange Keris blade or???

I found this small, Keris resembling, blade so I bought it to find out what it could be. According to the seller it was found close to Palembang but he didn't know what it is. It's quite small - 26 cm/around 10 inch overall.
The hilt is horn.
Do you know what it is?

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Old 30th September 2006, 05:52 PM   #2
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Do you think the horn hilt might be rhino?

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Old 30th September 2006, 06:29 PM   #3
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I've seen curved keris before. Rather unusual, I think. A friend of my owns one with luk and I've seen by a fellow collector a straight one. Both of these keris where curved like a Jambiya. Yours is only curved at the end of the blade. Very nice find and if I rembered well the region where these keris came from was arround Palembang indeed. The sheath is a scandinavian one I think. More Puukko like. The sheath for both keris I've seen was a curved walikat sandang.
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Old 1st October 2006, 09:42 AM   #4
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Ian,

I am not sure on which kind of horn it is so I have enclosed two additional pictures of the hilt.

Henk,

I think you are correct that the sheath isn't original after having a closer look at it. I am not so much into either Scandinavian Sami knives or Finnish Puukko (the grass is always greener...) but don't they usually have thicker leather for their sheaths?
My only reference on that is the ones being sold in the souvenir shops in Stockholm's Old Town.
I also forgot to mention that this blade of course have Pamor.

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Old 1st October 2006, 01:00 PM   #5
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Hi Guys

The hilt is not rhino it's most likely some type of buffalo horn. The dagger reminds me of the Beja daggers of Africa.

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Old 1st October 2006, 01:18 PM   #6
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Thanks Lew,

For what do they use the Beja daggers in Africa?

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