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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi Yesterday, 03:36 AM
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Posted By A. G. Maisey
There are a number of little things in this blade...

There are a number of little things in this blade that i would accept in a lower quality Madura blade, but the principal thing that causes Madura to enter my mind is the angle of the gandhik,...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 18th September 2024, 12:35 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 8,143
Posted By A. G. Maisey
Thank you Martin, yes, they're not too bad, I...

Thank you Martin, yes, they're not too bad, I agree.

A bit difficult to get this now though.
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 16th September 2024, 11:20 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 8,143
Posted By A. G. Maisey
Here are a couple of examples of burl teak/jati...

Here are a couple of examples of burl teak/jati gembol.
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 14th September 2024, 10:33 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 8,143
Posted By A. G. Maisey
The dress is certainly Jogja, I'm away from my...

The dress is certainly Jogja, I'm away from my references at the moment so I cannot give the wanda of the hilt.

The wood in the wrongko is definitely not burl teak (jati gembol). I cannot ID it...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 12th September 2024, 02:11 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 3,840
Posted By A. G. Maisey
In the Javanese world view more is better. ...

In the Javanese world view more is better.

For instance, religion, indigenous Javanese religious belief systems involve animism and ancestor worship, but then other religions came along ---...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 11th September 2024, 10:29 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 3,840
Posted By A. G. Maisey
Dhapur is Brojol. The pamor is Dwi Warna,...

Dhapur is Brojol.

The pamor is Dwi Warna, ie, "two colours", understood as two types. One blade face is Bendho Sagodo , the other blade face is Udan Mas. There are several variations of these...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 11th September 2024, 08:19 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 4,069
Posted By A. G. Maisey
Here is a link:- ...

Here is a link:-

http://www.vikingsword.com/ethsword/maisey/index.html

It needs a re-write, there are a few things where my knowledge has advanced a bit since it was published. I'll do a...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 10th September 2024, 10:39 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 4,069
Posted By A. G. Maisey
My Gardner is a 1973 reprint. It has been...

My Gardner is a 1973 reprint.

It has been popular for a long time.

Personally, I reckon its worth a read, there little interesting snippets in it like:-

"--- the lawi ayam is small hooked...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 7th September 2024, 10:41 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 7,311
Posted By A. G. Maisey
A long time ago, like 70 years ago & more, I had...

A long time ago, like 70 years ago & more, I had the idea in my head that I wanted to get every keris ever made. Yeah, silly, I know, but I was only a little kid & I knew next to nothing. But anyway,...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 4th September 2024, 02:11 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 10,395
Posted By A. G. Maisey
Yes, form is correct, but sometimes they will...

Yes, form is correct, but sometimes they will have a gonjo, sometimes the gonjo might be iras, ie, just marked on the blade, not fitted separately.

The ones with no gonjo have sometimes had a...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 3rd September 2024, 09:37 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 8,010
Posted By A. G. Maisey
See Post #13. Scabbard & hilt could be...

See Post #13.

Scabbard & hilt could be around the same age, pendok is recent.
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 3rd September 2024, 12:38 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 10,395
Posted By A. G. Maisey
Yes. Cengkrong luk lima.

Yes.

Cengkrong luk lima.
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 2nd September 2024, 11:38 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 8,010
Posted By A. G. Maisey
Javanese, dhapur brojol, possibly classification...

Javanese, dhapur brojol, possibly classification (tangguh) Tuban, blade probably before 1900, needs a clean & stain.

This is a keris, it is not a sundang.

Incidentally, "getah damak" in Malay...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 2nd September 2024, 09:49 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 8,010
Posted By A. G. Maisey
The metal is what we call "pamor sanak", the word...

The metal is what we call "pamor sanak", the word "sanak" means "related", this metal is a mixture of two or more types of ferric material.
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 2nd September 2024, 08:35 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 10,567
Posted By A. G. Maisey
This is what I wrote:--- "--- I believe that...

This is what I wrote:---

"--- I believe that we are looking at an East Javanese keris, or possibly Madurese. I had that thought that it might be current era, but I am now not so sure.

To form...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 2nd September 2024, 07:46 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 8,010
Posted By A. G. Maisey
I once asked a very good friend of mine who was...

I once asked a very good friend of mine who was Javanese and a devout Muslim if he could explain Lam Alif to me. He told me that to even get a beginning of understanding I would need to spend seven...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 1st September 2024, 01:24 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 5,815
Posted By A. G. Maisey
The first piece of damascus I made was so full of...

The first piece of damascus I made was so full of flaws & I was so determined to have a perfect damascus blade that my intended 12 inch Bowie finished up as a paper knife.

I am of the opinion...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 1st September 2024, 01:11 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 8,010
Posted By A. G. Maisey
There are a number of ways that the gonjo of a...

There are a number of ways that the gonjo of a keris is kept in place, one of those ways is to cut a tiny keyway into the gonjo hole, and drive a pin home into that keyway to hold the gonjo in place....
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 30th August 2024, 09:44 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 16,395
Posted By A. G. Maisey
Once upon a time it might have been possible to...

Once upon a time it might have been possible to obtain old and good keris at reasonable prices in Holland and also in adjacent countries. I have not seen any evidence of this in a very long time, and...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 29th August 2024, 03:58 AM
Replies: 239
Views: 158,375
Posted By A. G. Maisey
I believe that we need to differentiate between...

I believe that we need to differentiate between quality of execution, & quality of material, the two things are separate & different.

Post #81 in this thread is a hilt of mine, it is high quality...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 28th August 2024, 10:58 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 7,591
Posted By A. G. Maisey
You might be right HughChen, but isn't this true...

You might be right HughChen, but isn't this true of many things?

Our own experience is limited, other things need to be learnt from the experience & knowledge of other people.
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 28th August 2024, 06:31 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 7,591
Posted By A. G. Maisey
Hugh, I was buying keris from Indonesia long...

Hugh, I was buying keris from Indonesia long before the keris revival of the 1970's began. It began in Central Jawa and the Boys From Madura did not join the modern market until the early 1980's.
...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 28th August 2024, 03:29 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 19,172
Posted By A. G. Maisey
Maybe he was trying to do the same thing to keris...

Maybe he was trying to do the same thing to keris that he did to Chinese cooking.
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 27th August 2024, 10:23 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 6,989
Posted By A. G. Maisey
Not that I can think of. There are some...

Not that I can think of.

There are some features that might be seen more often in one classification (tangguh) of a keris than in others, and in some cases a tangguh can be related to a time...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th August 2024, 09:40 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 9,708
Posted By A. G. Maisey
Thank you werecow.

Thank you werecow.
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