KERIS BLADE

[BluErf]

Maybe this blade deserves a dress commissioned for it, rather than a refitted sheath.

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by BluErf

Maybe this blade deserves a dress commissioned for it, rather than a refitted sheath.

Surely you are correct by this but in the moment I don't have the chance to let work one for the blade. Let us see what I can do for the moment with a refitted sheath.

Regards,

Detlef

[Sajen]

Here now the stained blade with a refitted old sarung, not a solution for aeons but for the moment the blade have a house.
Is someone able to name the pamor?

Regards,

Detlef

[GIO]

[QUOTE=Sajen]Is someone able to name the pamor?



Ngulit Semangka ?

[Sajen]

[QUOTE=GIO]

Originally Posted by Sajen

Is someone able to name the pamor?
Ngulit Semangka ?

Thank you, my first impression as well but maybe it's more specific?

Regards,

Detlef

[A. G. Maisey]

I'd call it wos wutah, and I believe most people I know in Solo would say the same.

All these random pamors can be classified and classified and classified again.

You can come up with any number of names for wos wutah, and I've noticed that in recent years we seem to have a lot more names to choose from.

I wouldn't give it as ngulit semangko because it is just not coarse enough --- that's the only difference between ngulit semangko and wos wutah:- the number of layers, they're both made in the same way.

[Sajen]

Thank you Alan,

for myself is wos wutah entirely ok. The pamor is nice and well controlled so it's equal which name it has.

Regards,

Detlef

[ferrylaki]

Originally Posted by Sajen

Here now the stained blade with a refitted old sarung, not a solution for aeons but for the moment the blade have a house.
Is someone able to name the pamor?

Regards,

Detlef

I would say this keris has "kulit semongko" pamor.
you have a good taste in "sandangan".
I'm wondering if you also has jogja sandangan in your inventory.
here at my place, we would dress this keris in jogjakarta dress.
that's from my point of view though.
the style of the blade seem to be aroud jogjakarta.
but it all the matter of taste and personal judgement.

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by ferrylaki

I would say this keris has "kulit semongko" pamor.
you have a good taste in "sandangan".
I'm wondering if you also has jogja sandangan in your inventory.
here at my place, we would dress this keris in jogjakarta dress.
that's from my point of view though.
the style of the blade seem to be aroud jogjakarta.
but it all the matter of taste and personal judgement.

Thank you Ferry,

but I choose this sarung with the help of an indonesian friend after the advise from Alan (see post 9). The blade is big and heavy so it seems in my eyes very plausible that it is a Solo blade.

Thank you again and regards,

Detlef

[A. G. Maisey]

This keris possesses a number of features which permit the classification of Surakarta. The primary indicators in this case are the ron dha and the strong ada-ada.

The posted images, from the top, show ron dha from a tombak that is attributed to Empu Jayasukadgo, a keris made by Pandai Keris Yantono, and a drawing, by Empu Suparman, of the classic Surakarta ron dha.

Also shown is a drawing by Djeno Harumbrojo of his interpretation of the Yogyakarta ron dha.

The classic HB (Yogya) keris style broadly follows the Mataram form, and the classic Yogyakarta ron dha also echoes this form.

That, at least, is what I have been taught. Others may hold different opinions, and when all is said and done, this identification of blade origin is based upon opinion.

[Sajen]

Here a close up of the ron dha of my blade for comparison.