Just spotted a Keris

TImestamp about 13:31


These are good guys. They run a BIG antiques center, but didn't know a Keris from a cowcatcher. Thanks to @Any Jewelry I did, not that I know much more. I have no clue if the one I saw is real or a souvenir model, but they called it a "dirk". Oops.

 

The Japanese blades may be special..........but a ' dirk ' ........Dirk Diggler ???

the 1st Keris is nice but I'd say average.....the 2nd ...hard to see....

@Any Jewelry

 

Dirk Diggler would take one look at those and decide to stay home! I was eyeing those Japanese blades myself, even though the only knives I know are kitchen knives. Fancy "watered" steel will always grab attention.

 

it would have served him to show the blades........

 

It is a real one, looks like East Java and most likely 19th century.
That label, stuck on the most spiritual part. That hurts.

We don't see much of the second one, but in that split second we do see the top of the sheath and the carving on the hilt. It is not a Keris, but a 'siraui', used by the Minangkabau of Sumatra. If they were to show the blade, it would look like a small curved sword.
(The Minangkabau also have Keris btw)

I took a screenshot of the siraui, you can see that the top of the sheath has no keris ship, but you can see part of an elegantly swirling curl, which makes it a Minangkabau siraui:

 

Found a photo of a siraui, this is what it looks like:


From: "The Kris, a Passion from Indonesia", by fellow collector Jean Greffioz.

 

a blade I'm not familiar with......but will be now !!!!!!!!!!
Thanks AJ !

 

Meant to slip through a sash or belt? I'll be keeping an eye peeled for one of those.

 

Indonesian daggers are generally tucked into a broad waistband, the keris too.

 

Logical. You had to keep it somewhere.