Bugis Riau Luk 5 Ujung Gunung

[Rick]

Great first post; well done .

I can't argue with the description .

What other kerises have you collected so far ?

[dbhmgb]

Originally Posted by Rick

What other kerises have you collected so far ?

Rick, thanks! Well, Lee's welcome letter said to upload pictures, but since there are several kerises, I'd like to recommend my website that I threw together to show off my collection. It's http://keris.site40.net/.

If this is not okay, let me know and I'll post them!

Dan

[David]

Originally Posted by dbhmgb

Rick, thanks! Well, Lee's welcome letter said to upload pictures, but since there are several kerises, I'd like to recommend my website that I threw together to show off my collection. It's http://keris.site40.net/.

If this is not okay, let me know and I'll post them!

Dan

Hi Dan. It is OK to post your website as long as it is not a commercial one, but we prefer that you still upload images to the site because it allows us to build an archive of these images. Unfortunately personal websites come and go, so a reference made in a thread to an image on a website that is gone some years down the line won't provide future readers with the necessary visual information they need.

[dbhmgb]

Originally Posted by David

Hi Dan. It is OK to post your website as long as it is not a commercial one, but we prefer that you still upload images to the site because it allows us to build an archive of these images. Unfortunately personal websites come and go, so a reference made in a thread to an image on a website that is gone some years down the line won't provide future readers with the necessary visual information they need.

Good! Then, for now, folks can go to the web site and take a look. I will post each of my kerises, one by one, to get them on the site. I have already put another one up this morning for comments and information.

[Alam Shah]

Hi and welcome dbhmb,

From your descriptions I reckon your vendor is Malay Arts Gallery(?). Learning about keris is fascinating. A live-long effort and practically endless. An average keris with a slightly below average sheath. The sheath is probably made by someone whom is not a sheath-maker, based on the aesthetics which is off.

Regards,
Alam Shah

[dbhmgb]

Originally Posted by Alam Shah

Hi and welcome dbhmb,

From your descriptions I reckon your vendor is Malay Arts Gallery(?). Learning about keris is fascinating. A live-long effort and practically endless. An average keris with a slightly below average sheath. The sheath is probably made by someone whom is not a sheath-maker, based on the aesthetics which is off.

Regards,
Alam Shah

You are correct, I did buy it from Adni. At this point, he is someone that I trust. Unfortunately, I don't have the finances to purchase outstanding examples or I don't know where to buy them for prices I can afford. At this point I am just happy to have a collection to call my own.

[GIO]

As to the scabbard I agree with Alam Shah.
The blade is very well made and has a perfectly controlled pamor.

[Alam Shah]

I like the hilt. It's simple yet have a strong character to it.

[dbhmgb]

Thanks for all the great input! What would be a theory as to who made the sheath? A former owner?

[BluErf]

The blade looks like it is well-forged. It is slightly wider than most Riau Bugis kerises of the same form. The sheath is no good, but you may be able to get an old Riau sheath to fit the blade, or commission a new Riau style sheath. The form shd be like this.

[BluErf]

The highest form of this type of Riau keris is best represented by the golden keris owned by the Sultan of Riau-Lingga. Note the similarities between your blade and the royal keris. Of course, the royal keris is immaculately forged and shaped; the archetype of its kind.

[dbhmgb]

Originally Posted by BluErf

The blade looks like it is well-forged. It is slightly wider than most Riau Bugis kerises of the same form. The sheath is no good, but you may be able to get an old Riau sheath to fit the blade, or commission a new Riau style sheath. The form shd be like this.

Where does one buy a used sheath?

[David]

Originally Posted by dbhmgb

Where does one buy a used sheath?

Dan, as i believe Alam Shah mentioned on your other thread, we all come to collect keris for different reasons and collect and maintain our collections to suit our own perimeters. In regards to this sheath, i would personally be fine just keeping it as is. No, it is not up to the general specifications that keris dress from this area try to meet and it certainly is no where near the Royal dress which Bluerf has shown here. BUT....this is not a royal court keris. The sheath was obvious made specifically for this blade in a traditional setting and context. It is village work for a village keris, but for me it has a certain character that has collectable value to my eye regardless of it not being a perfect form. It would be far too frustrating (and unaffordable) for me personally to collect keris with perfection of ideal form in mind. What i do insist on in my collection is "character".