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Roland_M · 14th August 2017, 05:20 PM

Hello,

More pictures and the measurements.
I hope that the Keris is still interesting and that I can add more good pics for the discussion.

The piece which I call "foot" was solid in place. It became loose recently, after I tried out a new cleaning method with sweet almond oil, which is very thin. The wooden core looks old. Even the the red wax-resin-mixture (?) doesnt looks new to me. And not to forget it was hermetically closed before I was using the almond oil.
The scabbard is full of small dents and one large one from which I think it could be caused by bending stress, the typically markings.
The piercing in the area above the greneng were made with great effort, not just simple drillings.
The Ganesha-figure is an integral part of the blade, no upgrade.

Really hard to say what it is. One possible old background could be, that it was made for the dutch VOC as a present for proved soldiers.

Regards,
Roland

p.s. all pictures are untouched, I reduced the size only.

14th August 2017, 05:20 PM	#21
Roland_M Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Germany Posts: 523	Hello, More pictures and the measurements. I hope that the Keris is still interesting and that I can add more good pics for the discussion. The piece which I call "foot" was solid in place. It became loose recently, after I tried out a new cleaning method with sweet almond oil, which is very thin. The wooden core looks old. Even the the red wax-resin-mixture (?) doesnt looks new to me. And not to forget it was hermetically closed before I was using the almond oil. The scabbard is full of small dents and one large one from which I think it could be caused by bending stress, the typically markings. The piercing in the area above the greneng were made with great effort, not just simple drillings. The Ganesha-figure is an integral part of the blade, no upgrade. Really hard to say what it is. One possible old background could be, that it was made for the dutch VOC as a present for proved soldiers. Regards, Roland p.s. all pictures are untouched, I reduced the size only. Attached Images Last edited by Roland_M; 14th August 2017 at 05:36 PM.