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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;komokwa, post: 9044355, member: 301&quot;]This is a touchy subject to some here as the Keris &amp; it&#039;s hilt are seen as a highly prized cultural , almost sacred item.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, imo....a basket of them...are likely to be mostly if not all more recent carvings that never saw a blade, or if they did.....were not worth saving by collectors of family members.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said.....you&#039;d need a swift education of the carving styles and how to recognize the wheat from the chaff ....and we&#039;d need to see what you are looking at to advise you if any that you see are worth more than tourist dollars.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the one you show....but carved in a far superior manner to yours.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.roots.gov.sg/Collection-Landing/listing/1069564" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.roots.gov.sg/Collection-Landing/listing/1069564" rel="nofollow">https://www.roots.gov.sg/Collection-Landing/listing/1069564</a></p><p><br /></p><p>.</p><p><img src="https://www.roots.gov.sg/CollectionImages/1069564.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>.... something else to look at before our resident expert.....&amp; I don&#039;t use that term lightly..... shows up .</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=keris+hilt&amp;client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiH_tq0jd39AhXFF1kFHTpXCnMQ0pQJegQIBBAC&amp;biw=1877&amp;bih=992&amp;dpr=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/search?q=keris+hilt&amp;client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiH_tq0jd39AhXFF1kFHTpXCnMQ0pQJegQIBBAC&amp;biw=1877&amp;bih=992&amp;dpr=1" rel="nofollow">keris hilt</a></p><p><br /></p><p>calling [USER=2844]@Any Jewelry[/USER]&nbsp; , for further comment !!!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />..<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/sasak-kris-keris-hilt.77198/attachments/received_159236016987792-jpeg.430248/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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