Question about Kris

David · 22nd March 2024, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by cel7

Thank you for your detailed answers! I do indeed live in the Netherlands. To be completely honest, Krissen never really interested me. Probably because they are offered here so often. However, these were so cheap that I couldn't refuse them. Now that I have them I find them quite interesting. I'll just leave them as they are for now. Restoring them would probably cost many times more than they are worth.
As for the cloth I received with it, after some research it probably comes from the province of Lampung and is called a Tapis.

I understand what you mean about restorations that end up costing many times more than the items themselves. That is why many of us endeavour to learn how to do these restorations ourselves. But certainly it is not everyone's forte.
But i do agree with Detlef that you should at least attempt to do a minimal amount of maintenance on these blades to eliminate any active rust or they will only continue to deteriorate. The basic cleaning of a keris does not take too much skill, just a bit of time and patience. There are quite a few threads in our archive on this subject, But this thread should help get you started.
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=23934

kai · 22nd March 2024, 07:36 PM

Dear all,

The keris in the middle is in decent shape; the one below should benefit from warangan, too.

The tombak looks Sunda to me. More close-ups of the batik needed.

In my experience, these colonial collections are rarely limited to a single cultural origin.

Regards,
Kai

A. G. Maisey · 22nd March 2024, 07:37 PM

Everything shown here is absolutely able to be brought back to life, and is well worth the small amount of work involved to do so.

Cel7, if you feel disinclined to undertake this work, perhaps you might consider passing these items to somebody living near to you who would welcome the opportunity to bring these cultural icons back from oblivion.

This discussion group has a number of people who are members & who live in The Netherlands.

cel7 · 22nd March 2024, 08:49 PM

After reading your messages I decided to give them a makeover. Fine steel wool and a little oil will work wonders

. I leave the sheaths as they are.

22nd March 2024, 08:49 PM	#4
cel7 Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 143	After reading your messages I decided to give them a makeover. Fine steel wool and a little oil will work wonders. I leave the sheaths as they are.

22nd March 2024, 07:36 PM	#2
kai Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,221	Dear all, The keris in the middle is in decent shape; the one below should benefit from warangan, too. The tombak looks Sunda to me. More close-ups of the batik needed. In my experience, these colonial collections are rarely limited to a single cultural origin. Regards, Kai

22nd March 2024, 07:37 PM	#3
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,736	Everything shown here is absolutely able to be brought back to life, and is well worth the small amount of work involved to do so. Cel7, if you feel disinclined to undertake this work, perhaps you might consider passing these items to somebody living near to you who would welcome the opportunity to bring these cultural icons back from oblivion. This discussion group has a number of people who are members & who live in The Netherlands.