Sanskrit on keris blade?

[David]

Originally Posted by Pusaka

Thats what I thought, the first two keris look like modern tourist keris, as for the keris with markings I contacted the owner of the site for a better quality photo but the email address is not operational. I would have liked to see photos of that blade to see if the writing is newly engraved into the blade.

...or, given the quality of the other information on this site, even sanskrit?

[PenangsangII]

Maybe modern tourist piece with the "isi" of 5000 yrs old

[Alam Shah]

Originally Posted by PenangsangII

Maybe modern tourist piece with the "isi" of 5000 yrs old

Possible... but I guess our focus is on the age of the artifact.

If it is, then it would be considered 'isi susulan', probably not done by an empu(?). It's like putting a Ferrari engine in a Ford Pinto shell.

[PenangsangII]

Originally Posted by Alam Shah

Possible... but I guess our focus is on the age of the artifact.

If it is, then it would be considered 'isi susulan', probably not done by an empu(?). It's like putting a Ferrari engine in a Ford Pinto shell.

Very thoughtful........can the shell fit the Ferrari engine? What about the ford's body, can it take such power?

[Montino Bourbon]

pictured seems to be a tibetan horn. Where did they get that?

Sorry- the only pic that I can find is very small.