Pandai saras for comments
 

I recently acquired what I hope to be a pandai saras with luis .
any comment and idea bout this keris are most welcome..

Hello Henri,

IMHO this is a non-traditional keris blade made on the Malay peninsula; craftmanship and surface treatment support a recent origin (within the last decades).

I don't think this blade style can be included under the pandai seras label; the pendokok isn't suitable for a tajong (nor coteng) hilt - can you post some pics of the hilt, please? No scabbard?

Regards,
Kai

Thank you Kai !
You confirm what I was suspecting ....
Hilt is new and sarong a poor copy .
Anyway .....you pay to learn !

You were able to avoid it. Searching in the Forum for information takes time, yet it should be done: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ghlight=tajong

I moved this to the keris section where it belongs. Hopefully Henri you feel just a little bit better about this purchase after reading the thread Gustav linked to. :)

Yes, I have owned this keris two years ago and sold it again by ebay which a fair description and surprisingly I get back nearly my money. It was sold inside Europe and now it is in Australia! :eek:
I think I have written in the thread Gustav posted at this place what I think byself about this keris. I hope that Henri have the same good luck like I am when I get short time later a good old Tajong by a very good price, look here:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ghlight=tajong

I hope that you, Henri, don't pay to much for this one.

Regards,

Detlef

Thank you Sajen , David and Gustav .
What is important for me is all the amount of new knowledges . Money spent is just short term memory ...
Once again this forum is very very useful and I will spend more times to visit
and learn from your expertise from now .

Perhaps that is the "power" of this keris....that it will bring to it's owner the tajong they were really looking for... ;)