Tridacna hilted Keris choices

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by freebooter

Hi Detlef,

Interesting that you also found this combination, especially in old pictures.
Speculation could run away with me if thinking about how these all came to be together. The provenance is none. These came from an old German estate some time back.
The fitting as you will see in images below is not correct to me eye. One close but no prize to me.
What I do find of interest is the base of the hilts. Where say the examples from the Kelling Hall collection I have, that I know have been together complete for near 100years and I would suspect based on this are original to the pieces from the period, these three are rounded to the base and sit in the cup of their Mendak. The two here have a 'flattened' base and sit by design on top of their Mendak...

Gav

Oh, sorry, this is a missunderstanding. I haven't seen direct this combination in old pictures. I've meant just combinations of different styles/origin.
The sheaths are indeed not worked for this blades. So hilts and blades are maybe longer married, but who knows.

The hilts are both just beautiful and they look Penninsula to my eyes but others will it know it better.
The mendaks are clearly javanese and don't fitting with this hilts.