Antique Javanese Straight Bladed Solo Keris

AGE: – 19th – Early 20th Century (guess)
LENGTH: – 51cm
BLADE LENGTH:– 33.5cm
WEIGHT:– 450 gms
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Antique Javanese Straight Bladed keris From Solo in central Java with metal sheath and a honey-coloured wooden warangka and grip. The grip, warangka and fittings likely date between the 19th and 20th centuries, whereas the hand-forged blade is quite a bit older and possibly dates to the 17th century. It is not uncommon to find a very old blade with newer fittings.

The dhapur on this keris is in a plain form with a very small kembang kacang (potrusion) a third of the way down from the top of the blade. Telale Gadjah (also Sekar Kacang, Kembang Kacang is the protrusion shaped like an elephant trunk, located on the top part of the gandik. There are various shapes of kembang kacang, including one type looking like a snub nose (kembang kacang pogok).

The kembang kacang comes in various shapes, this is possibly the type referred to as kembang kacang pogok, it is rare to see the Kambang kacang further down on the blade.

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Antique Parang / Golok Ujung Turun Machete

AGE: 18th – mid 19th Century
OVERALL LENGTH: – 58cm
BLADE LENGTH: – 33.5cm
WEIGHT: 700gms

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Antique Parang / Golok Ujung Turun Machete from West Java with a late 18th to mid-19th-century blade with an interesting pamor similar to the traditional keris. It is possible that the silver-plated sheath and grip with a sloping down guard and chains dates to the early 20th century and a nice incised floral motif decorating the top of the grip.

The Golok Ujung Turun Machette has been traditionally used as a fighting tool as well as a practical tool in agriculture and for cutting trees and branches.

In Sulawesi and on the Island of Kalimantan the manufacture and use of this style of Parang or machete is restricted to a few coastal areas.

This is a great video showing  a modern day Golok Ujung Turun machete being made

Antique Parang / Golok Ujung Turun Machete
Antique Parang / Golok Ujung Turun Machete
Antique Parang / Golok Ujung Turun Machete
Antique Parang / Golok Ujung Turun Machete
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Malay Executioners Sword Keris Panjang

AGE: Likely 19th Century
LENGTH: 67cm
BLADE LENGTH:  54cm
WEIGHT: 350gms

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Malay Executioners Sword Keris Panjang (penyalang keris) from the Malay Peninsula has a long wooden scabbard of fine-grained, honey-coloured wood with a darker-coloured grip. Bands of silver with a floral repousse decoration decorate the top middle and bottom of the scabbard.

Similar to this blade on those used in executions at the Metropolitan Museum it is thin, long, straight and double-edged with a smooth blade made from Damascus steel extending into a sharp point.

A long keris such as this is commonly referred to as a ‘executioners’ keris. They functioned as status symbols and as a form of regalia for local rulers and sultans. Gerald Brousseau Gardner (2009r, p. 27), describes the method in which execution was carried out. The usual Malay execution was to make the victim squat, the executioner then drove a blade such as in this example here down through the upper shoulder near the collar bone, towards the heart.

The driving in of the blade would occur either quickly or slowly according to the sentence. The kris was driven through cotton wool or similar so that the blood would be soaked up because only the ruler was allowed to be the cause of blood being physically shed and spilt.

The example here is in fine condition. There is an old, light crack to the base of the hilt. It is closed and stable.

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Indonesian Antique Straight Bladed Lombok Keris

AGE: – 19th century
CONDITION: –  Blade slightly damaged on edges near blade tip, 4 stones missing on Mendek
LENGTH: – 61cm
BLADE LENGTH:– 49cm
GRIP: – 12cm
WEIGHT:– 550gms
#160 – PRICE:  CONTACT

This Indonesian Antique Straight Bladed Lombok Keris is a traditional style from the Lombok area, a small island located in Indonesia’s West Nusa Tenggara province close to Bali.  The wooden grip on this keris has a band of animal hair interwoven with natural plant fibre, leaving the top and bottom of the wood exposed.

Four ruby-coloured stones are missing on the Mendek (ring below the grip). The waranka (sheath) is made of a natural light and dark-grained wood colour. The sheath is unpolished and possibly had an out covering of metal at one time.

The art of laying out the nickel by the smiths is extremely important, this is what gives the keris its special unique beauty and meaning. The blade on this keris has a thick medial ridge to both sides. There is slight damage to the edge of the blade near the tip.

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Sumatran Pedang Sword Carved Makara Grip

AGE: –  Unknown but antique
CONSTRUCTION: – Wood and metal
DESCRIPTION: – Sumatran Pedang Sword Carved Makara Grip (assuming)
TOTAL LENGTH: 74cm
BLADE LENGTH:
#171  – PRICE: CONTACT

Sumatran Pedang Sword Carved Makara Grip – The material used in this grip is likely wood, unable to identify the wood as it has a thick coating of some kind of resin or lacquer. The pamor shows a traditional forged pattern seen in many keris and is rarely seen in this style of Pedang sword with a European-style iron handguard, with a protective iron cover on the tip of the sheath which appears to be leather.
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Javanese keris with Scorpian Motif on Blade

AGE: – 18th – 19th Century
LENGTH:  -50cm
BLADE LENGTH:  39cm
WEIGHT: 250gms

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Javanese keris with Scorpian Motif on Blade. In the Book “The World of the Javanese Keris”  Solyom Garret writes that the Empu must consider at least three major aspects of the blade, firstly the silhouette, the surface contour, and the surface pattern. the first two are included in the traditional notion of dapur (shape), a blade’s specific form defined and identified by the particular combination of parts and contours within it. In 1976-77, Djeno explained several important aesthetic concepts relevant to the stages in the making process of establishing and refining a specific dapur.

Each individual blade part, small or large, had its own wujud (the most general features of shape required to be present for the part to be recognizable). Each part also had its own wangun (a special feeling or quality of harmony and balance that characterized a form when it was articulated within the accepted range of “right: proportion).
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Indonesian Wavy Bladed Keris From Java

AGE: – lIKELY 19TH cENTURY
LENGTH: – 48cm
BLADE LENGTH: – 34cm
WEIGHT:– 500gms
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Indonesian Wavy Bladed Keris From Java with a nicely grained wrangka and grip with plain metal mendak. The Javanese smiths when forging a keris practiced basic alchemy, by “marrying” iron from the earth with meteorites from the heavens to forge the blade (pamor), the Javanese word pamor refers to the laminated patterns on the keris blade but also to the raw material used to create the patterns. The word pamor can also refer to the mix or becoming one through the transmutation by fire,  The forge in which the keris was made was considered a holy place where they achieved objects of unquestioned power.
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Antique Philippine Kalis Wavy Bladed Sword

AGE: – Possibly 18th – early 19th Century
CONSTRUCTION: – Steel & wood
BLADE LENGTH: – 54.5cm
TOTAL LENGTH:- 70cm
WEIGHT: – 800gms
#106

Antique Philippine Kalis Wavy Bladed Sword also referred to as a Moro Keris is a traditional Weapon with a double-edged blade similar to the Javanese Keris but differing in that the Kalis is a sword rather than a dagger. There is a small chip on one side of the hilt where the two sides meet.

The most common blade on the Kalis are those which are straight from the tip but wavy near the handle, although those with full straight or full wavy blades also exist.

This kalis sword may have a possible connection to Admiral Horatio Nelson. We have endeavoured to research the wording on the sword’s hilt which mentions Admiral Nelson and would make the assumption that the kalis likely found their way to Australia through a descendant of Lord Nelson, our research indicates that a nephew of Lord Nelson was granted land in N.S.W in Australia.

Research into how this Kalis sword may have found its way to Australia

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Beautiful Javanese Naga Keris With Mammoth Ivory

AGE: – Unsure of exact age, assuming 19th to early 20th Century
CONSTRUCTION: – Steel, Ivory Bone, stones
LENGTH: – 51cm
BLADE LENGTH:– 37cm
WEIGHT: – 650gms
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Beautiful Javanese Naga Keris With Mammoth Ivory grip and warangka with a twelve-luk blade. A gilded dragon decorates the top of the blade, it is highly likely that the gilding has been refreshed but not in the more than thirty years that it has been in our possession.

The bulbous selut  is set with several clear coloured stones with small clear stones set between the decorative floral repoussé work decorating the metal sheath.

The metal sheath is embossed with an intricate pattern on one side. The other side is plain. A few stones are missing on the sheath.

This Javanese keris is similar to another keris on our website with the grip and Waranka made from Mammoth Ivory.

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Beautiful Javanese Naga Keris With Mammoth Ivory
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Side 1 Antique Javanese Mammoth Ivory Grip and Waranka
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Antique Javanese keris With Mammoth Ivory

AGE: – More than 200 years
CONSTRUCTION: – Iron blade, Ivory, silver plate, stones
LENGTH:– 50.5cm
BLADE LENGTH: – 37cm
WEIGHT: – 550gms
#139 – PRICE: CONTACT

A beautiful Antique Javanese Keris With Mammoth Ivory Hilt and warangka and coloured stones set into a silver Selut with Mendak, the original stones may have been removed and replaced with lesser quality stones or glass, with some missing. The Waranka and grip on this keris, like one other in our collection we were informed that it was mammoth ivory, unable to confirm (see enlarged pictures below).

The sheath is decorated with beautiful elaborate floral repoussé work on the length of the sheath on one side and a small decorative filagreéd pattern on the tip on the back of the sheath. Due to age, the pattern (pamor) on the sheath is faint and the edges of the blade are worn, but still sharp. We are assuming the metal sheath is silver plated, there is no sign of wear exposing another metal such as brass underneath.
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