FINE ANTIQUE KRIS KERIS DAGGER JEWELED RUBY / EMERALD / SILVER Indonesian sword

Description

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AUTHENTICITY GUARANTEED - ALL 100% ORIGINAL.
MAGNIFICENT ANTIQUE INDONESIAN KERIS (kris) DAGGER.
JAVA, CIRCA 19th. CENTURY.
JEWELED - SET WITH REAL RUBY AND EMERALD CABOCHON GEMSTONES.
FINEST QUALITY HAND CARVED GRIP.
GRIP IS CARVED FROM ONE PIECE OF B0NE (domestic animal cattle b0ne, mentioned to comply with eBay policy).
CATTLE IS A LARGE DOMESTIC FARM ANIMAL KEPT FOR THEIR MILK OR MEAT. THIS ANIMAL IS NOT THREATENED OR ENDANGERED OR PROTECTED BY CITES, THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT, OR ANY OTHER STATE, FEDERAL, OR INTERNATIONAL LAWS. IT IS LEGAL TO SELL THIS ITEM AND THIS LISTING FOLLOWS EBAY RULES.
TRADITIONAL FORM, FINELY HAND FORGED PAMOR BLADE.
SILVER COVERED SCABBARD - SUPERB HAND CHASED DECORATION, FANTASTIC CRISP DETAILS.
WARANGKA (top wooden part of the scabbard) IS CARVED FROM SINGLE PIECE OF BEAUTIFUL BURL-WOOD.
SIZE:
ABOUT 19 3/8 in. (49.2 cm) LONG IN SCABBARD.
ABOUT 17 7/8 in. (45.4 cm) LONG OUT OF SCABBARD.
BALDE IS ABOUT 13 5/8 in. (34.6 cm) LONG.
CONDITION:
VERY GOOD ORIGINAL ANTIQUE CONDITION WITH HONEST EXPECTED CHARMING INDICATION OF AGE.
MINOR NORMAL HANDLING MARKS CONSISTENT WITH IT'S AGE.
MINOR DARK SPOTS ON BLADE.
CRIP IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH COUPLE NORMAL EXPECTED STABLE AGE CRACKS AT THE BOTTOM AND NICE AGE PATINA. NO LOSSES OR REPAIRS.
ONE CABOCHON GEMSTONE IS MISSING.
SUPRB QUALITY ANTIQUE ICONIC KERIS DAGGER.
Keris pamor.
Pamor
is the true spirit of the Keris. The pattern welding work demonstrates the skills of the
Empu
but also characterizes the power of the blade.
The word Pamor means in Malay, mixture of alloys, and in fact the
Pamor
pattern is obtained by welding together wrought iron and nickel, and then acid etching it. The mystical power of the
Keris
is said to come from its celestial origin because of the use of meteorite iron. However, it is doubtful that many
Keris
blades were actually made of meteorite iron. The only fall of a meteorite in Java was recorded in the mid 18
th
century, near Prambanan. Since there was almost no natural iron deposits in Java, most probably most of the blades were made beforehand from imported iron. Sulawesi is said to have exported its iron which contains a low percentage of nickel, this type of metal is called
Pamor
Luwu,
from the Eastern part of central Sulawesi. While using this nickelous iron, Javanese smiths found they could control specific pattern designs by etching the blade and creating a contrast between the darken iron and the bright nickel.
The Prambanan meteor was said to contain 9.4% nickel, which made it very attractive to smiths, but its scarcity restricted its use to top quality blades for wealthy owners.
The colonial presence brought, in the late 19
th
century another source of cheap nickel from scrap iron: bicycles frames, ship propeller, tools... These industrial metal parts contained up to 5% nickel and provided a very high contrast pamor with bright nickel. More recently pure Nickel has been used, thus recently forged blade show a very uniform shiny nickel.
It is interesting to note that most Sumatra, Peninsular or Moro blades are in plain iron, whereas most of Java, Bali and Sulawesi blades are in pamor probably because these later islands have an easier access to the Luwu ore.
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