Very Good Tajong Keris Malayan Peninsula

Kerises with bird head shaped handles with long beak are sometime called Kingfisher kerises and are coming from the Malayan peninsula. There are two main styles of handles: Tajong and Coteng. The Tajong style is considered masculine style whereas the Coteng style is considered feminine.

The Tajong Keris dagger offered here is a 19 C. exemplar. Very well executed. Wavy 9 luk blade of flat diamond cross section. Black wood handle with long beak and silver mendak . Polished two colors wood scabbard.

Blade 15 inches (39 cm). Total length 21 1/2 inches (55 cm). Very good condition. Scarce 19 C. Keris dagger.