Solo Keris - Comments and Info welcome.

A. G. Maisey · 13th May 2018, 03:05 AM

The blade is not a Surakarta blade. I hesitate to give it a classification because my feeling is that it is a rather poor quality blade that has been altered, what we call a "robahan". I could only confirm this feeling if I had the blade in my hands.

The wrongko is a nice quality ladrang, not special, but nicely carved and with correct grain orientation.

The pendok appears to be silver and was probably made by Bp. Prawirodihardjo (Alm.) of Jogjakarta. If this is silver we are looking at a very expensive pendok. At the present time, and for some time past, a pendok of this style and quality has been impossible to obtain.

The hilt is a standard, but scarce Solonese form.

The mendak appears to be silver set with yakut (rose cut rock crystal).

Taken in its totality, this is a very, very nice formal dress keris.

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13th May 2018, 03:05 AM	#2
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,015	The blade is not a Surakarta blade. I hesitate to give it a classification because my feeling is that it is a rather poor quality blade that has been altered, what we call a "robahan". I could only confirm this feeling if I had the blade in my hands. The wrongko is a nice quality ladrang, not special, but nicely carved and with correct grain orientation. The pendok appears to be silver and was probably made by Bp. Prawirodihardjo (Alm.) of Jogjakarta. If this is silver we are looking at a very expensive pendok. At the present time, and for some time past, a pendok of this style and quality has been impossible to obtain. The hilt is a standard, but scarce Solonese form. The mendak appears to be silver set with yakut (rose cut rock crystal). Taken in its totality, this is a very, very nice formal dress keris.