Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
17th March 2021, 07:21 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
4th November 2020, 07:17 PM
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To my knowlegde, the Widmanstatten structure...
To my knowlegde, the Widmanstatten structure disappeares at a temperature of about or some over 700 degrees C.
The materials for forging the dagger are too cold to forgeweld at that temperature....
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
3rd November 2020, 08:29 PM
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Replies: 51
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The Empu Karja di Kromo forged five Kerisblades...
The Empu Karja di Kromo forged five Kerisblades in 1904. The forging of these blades is described by Dr. Groneman. His articles are published in the Internationales Archiv fur Ethnographie in 1910...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
28th January 2020, 04:38 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
28th January 2020, 04:36 PM
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Replies: 16
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I was very fortunate that Mpu Basuki Teguh...
I was very fortunate that Mpu Basuki Teguh Yuwono, Mpu Totok Brojodiningrat and the photographer Ibu Septiana visited me in January 2019.
I had a number of questions and uncertainties about the...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
23rd January 2020, 01:55 AM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
28th October 2019, 11:20 PM
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Replies: 17
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Layers, layers, layers
The Keris is welded in layers, two sides containing iron(s) with pamor material and in the center a layer of steel (most times).
However to know the number of layers the sides of a Keris contain,...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
23rd July 2019, 11:17 AM
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Replies: 16
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Jean,
In case you, or an other member of the...
Jean,
In case you, or an other member of the forum, should have the opportunity to visit the meteorite again, would you please be so kind to take photographs as detailed as possible?
- overall...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
22nd July 2019, 04:20 PM
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Replies: 16
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Alan/Jean
I wash bloomery iron, i don't wash...
Alan/Jean
I wash bloomery iron, i don't wash iron meteorite.
Iron meteorite contains about 90% Fe, further nickel and some other elements mostly desribed as trace elements.
No impurities as...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
22nd July 2019, 03:48 AM
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Replies: 16
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Meteorite again
Jean/Alan
Two major pieces of the Prambanan meteorite were transported into the kraton of Solo. One piece in 1784 and one in 1797
(Meteoorijzer te Soerakarta, Natuurkundig tijdschrift voor...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
21st July 2019, 01:32 PM
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Replies: 16
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Meteorite again
In many Keris meteoritic material is/was applied as pamor material, without adding other nickel containing material.
In other Keris less meteoritic material is added. I found information about an...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
22nd September 2018, 05:36 PM
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Replies: 18
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
27th June 2018, 03:54 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 8,080
Anthony,
Using the etchant or during etching,...
Anthony,
Using the etchant or during etching, be very careful that in no way your etchant comes in contact with copper. This will immediately give a green shine on any piece of material you use the...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
5th April 2018, 06:49 PM
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Replies: 33
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jagabuwana,
I know both books mentioned in...
jagabuwana,
I know both books mentioned in this thread.
The Javanese kris (Der Kris der Javaner), i should recommend.
Dr. Groneman was a physician, not an empu and even not a blacksmith.
Some...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
7th August 2017, 07:17 PM
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Replies: 8
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Perhaps i can help....:
when you press the link...
Perhaps i can help....:
when you press the link you arrive on a page with all kind of miscellaneous artifacts.
But when you press then the the small magnifying glass (as Athanase told us) and then...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
26th July 2017, 08:24 PM
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Replies: 13
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Look for "History of Java" at archive.org, they...
Look for "History of Java" at archive.org, they offer a number of copies from different editons, free to read and download.
Special the first edition of 1817 is of very good quality with beautiful...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
17th June 2017, 07:26 PM
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Replies: 20
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Welcome Drabant1701.
I hope you will enjoy...
Welcome Drabant1701.
I hope you will enjoy this forum about the keris and will find out that the keris is NOT a piece of primitive art.
It seems that you were lucky to buy a fine piece of...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
8th January 2017, 01:50 PM
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Replies: 8
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No maintenance was done at all. They were like...
No maintenance was done at all. They were like new, but looked very bad. One of the blades was damaged by taking a small piece for examination purposes.
Below I show a comparison of a photograph...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
8th January 2017, 01:44 PM
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Replies: 8
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
8th January 2017, 01:42 PM
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Replies: 8
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100 years after Groneman
A remarkable find.
Since some years i study the forging of the keris and I focus on the forging of five keris by the empu Karja di Kromo in Yogjakarta in 1904.
Dr. Groneman a local Dutch...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
19th December 2016, 03:04 PM
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Replies: 13
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I will be interested in a fair translation. The...
I will be interested in a fair translation. The german language is not so much of a problem to me, but what is more important to me is to find the references and pictures placed on the right spot in...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
3rd October 2016, 08:21 PM
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Replies: 20
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
30th September 2016, 08:11 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 25,854
Alain,
The kris you showed has a beautiful...
Alain,
The kris you showed has a beautiful pamor. Since i am a blacksmith i am very interested to know how to make this pamor.
In fact since some time i am looking for the secrets behind the pamor...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
28th September 2016, 08:14 PM
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Replies: 20
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
12th August 2016, 06:17 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 44,930
We as people from this era with the whole world...
We as people from this era with the whole world around us where we can get information about everything by our computers, we do not need a god anymore to believe in a mystic power of material things....
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