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		28th March 2023, 03:05 PM
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			Forum: Keris Swap Forum
		
		 
		28th August 2021, 11:53 AM
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				Keris book Iron of the Gods 
				 
				Iron of the Gods.  
  
Recently there is an English version available of the book "het ijzer van de goden" written by Ing. Seerp Visser ( blacksmith and teacher forging at the Royal Academy of Arts in...
			 
		 
		
		
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			Forum: Keris Swap Forum
		
		 
		25th November 2020, 05:02 PM
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				The Invisible World of the Kris 
				 
				Dear Keris Collector,  
  
Vanna Ghiringhelli (author of a.o. the book the invincible krises 2 and many publications about the Keris) has made a beautiful new book regarding the Keris.   
We are very...
			 
		 
		
		
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			Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
		
		 
		29th January 2020, 11:48 AM
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				Chanting mantra while forging 
				 
				Hello,  
  
The "old man" is a Empu Totok and he is chating mantra's while forging to enclose the spirit of the mantra into the iron while closing the iron (folding and forging). So the spirit of the...
			 
		 
		
		
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			Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
		
		 
		7th March 2019, 11:36 AM
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				Blatek from Bali or Lombok (Sasak) 
				 
				Arug (bhs Bali) or Blatek (Bhs Sasak)  
  
Long time ago I found a kind of ceremonial axe in Lombok. According to me it is called Arug in Bali or Blatek in Lombok.   
I heard different stories what they...
			 
		 
		
		
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			Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
		
		 
		26th April 2013, 04:26 PM
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			Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
		
		 
		26th November 2012, 03:35 PM
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				Tafsir Keris 
				 
				I just start reading the book now (not finished yet).   
According to me it is a good book, specially the first part. Very much good and large illustrations from old Kerisses, but also from recently...
			 
		 
		
		
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