Silver and Horn Keris from Malaysia

[F. de Luzon]

Originally Posted by Sajen

Hello F. de Luzon,

have a look here: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ighlight=selit

Regards,
Detlef

Thanks Detlef! It's around the same size as your samples. So they are "Keris Selit" or dress kerises. Very interesting!

Regards,

F. de Luzon

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by F. de Luzon

Thanks Detlef! It's around the same size as your samples. So they are "Keris Selit" or dress kerises. Very interesting!

Regards,

F. de Luzon

You're welcome F. de Luzon. Yes, I think it's a contemporary keris selit.

Regards,
Detlef

[David]

Originally Posted by Sajen

You're welcome F. de Luzon. Yes, I think it's a contemporary keris selit.

Regards,
Detlef

Well, size wise it is a keris selit, however, with that silver blade it is not really a keris. This may have been a presentation piece, but i would be surprised if it had any real ceremonial purpose. True keris are either iron or, in rare cases, bronze. A silver blade has no practical or metaphysical purpose in the keris world AFAIK.

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by David

Well, size wise it is a keris selit, however, with that silver blade it is not really a keris. This may have been a presentation piece, but i would be surprised if it had any real ceremonial purpose. True keris are either iron or, in rare cases, bronze. A silver blade has no practical or metaphysical purpose in the keris world AFAIK.

Hi David,

you could be right, frankly said I haven't seen that the blade is from silver. On the other hand I doubt that for a Malay dress keris the blade material is important.

Regards,
Detlef