| Forum: Keris Warung Kopi  11th June 2016, 08:19 PM | 
	
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	| Forum: Keris Warung Kopi  22nd December 2015, 10:59 PM | 
	
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				 I am glad to see these posts appear. I do not... 
 I am glad to see these posts appear. I do not remember all of the individual posts that have been written on this forum, but feel that this series of posts have brought forward, for the first time,...
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	| Forum: Keris Warung Kopi  17th December 2015, 08:17 PM | 
	
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				 This discussion is veering into one of the... 
 This discussion is veering into one of the "mystical" properties of beliefs in regard to the keris.
 
 There is a small number of people who profess that they have the ability to determine if a keris...
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	| Forum: Keris Warung Kopi  30th May 2014, 02:49 AM | 
	
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	| Forum: Keris Warung Kopi  8th July 2010, 04:50 PM | 
	
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				 Jean  
  
Here is basicly what they look like.... 
 Jean
 
 Here is basicly what they look like. There has been a market for reproductions of this pieces for a long time. Based on the sheath that was provided for this piece I imagine that this was...
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	| Forum: Keris Warung Kopi  26th August 2009, 05:53 PM | 
	
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	| Forum: Keris Warung Kopi  7th June 2009, 04:11 PM | 
	
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	| Forum: Keris Warung Kopi  12th May 2009, 05:53 PM | 
	
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	| Forum: Keris Warung Kopi  26th April 2009, 07:31 PM | 
	
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				 Rick  
  
There are two different copies of line... 
 Rick
 
 There are two different copies of line drawings of Dapurs from the Surakarta court floating around. There are about 160 dapurs of kerises and 51 dapurs of tombaks in these drawings.
 
 One...
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  24th December 2008, 07:39 PM | 
	
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  12th November 2008, 05:59 PM | 
	
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	| Forum: Keris Warung Kopi  7th November 2008, 04:42 PM | 
	
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				 Loss of another important fount of information 
 I have been informed that RMT Harjonegoro has passed away in Solo.
 
 Thus the world has lost another of the few people who had a vast knowledge of all phases of the culture of and behind the Keris...
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	| Forum: Keris Warung Kopi  10th October 2008, 12:45 AM | 
	
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				 This blade is thought by some to be by Empu... 
 This blade is thought by some to be by Empu Pjajasukatgo during the reign of PBX in Surakarta.
 
 This is the keris that was taken to Empu Yosopangarso and Empu Djeno Harumbrodjo by Garrett Solyom in...
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	| Forum: Keris Warung Kopi  15th September 2008, 07:25 PM | 
	
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				 Another Nem Neman 
 This is just another Nem Neman to throw out for you all to look at. It is very difficult to get all of a reflective pattern to come out when you view the piece at only one point. Especially when the...
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	| Forum: European Armoury  9th September 2008, 08:46 PM | 
	
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				 Ed  
  
Here is another one. The blade is... 
 Ed
 
 Here is another one. The blade is original the hilt has been added. I was working in Spain in 1975 and 1976 and picked up the blade in Toledo. This lead me to making up this array based on the...
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  5th July 2008, 02:57 PM | 
	
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	| Forum: Keris Warung Kopi  11th June 2008, 11:02 PM | 
	
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  2nd May 2008, 03:17 PM | 
	
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  27th April 2008, 03:18 PM | 
	
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	| Forum: Keris Warung Kopi  27th March 2008, 04:58 PM | 
	
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	| Forum: Keris Warung Kopi  2nd February 2008, 01:56 PM | 
	
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				 Without getting into a deep meanings for this... 
 Without getting into a deep meanings for this grip form, it has always looked to me to be a depiction of a Luna Moth (or a local similar large moth) just after it has left the cocoon and is waiting...
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  9th December 2007, 04:18 PM | 
	
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	| Forum: Keris Warung Kopi  17th November 2007, 08:45 PM | 
	
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				 Jose  
  
If you are talking about the uwer on... 
 Jose
 
 If you are talking about the uwer on the Balinese piece, that is the copper base under the gold wash leaking out. If it is on anything else it is basicly due to my inaptitude in using my...
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	| Forum: Keris Warung Kopi  16th November 2007, 02:12 PM | 
	
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				 Gold work on blades 
 This piece illustrates the work done on Bali. Note the flatness of the gold application. There does not seem to be any heavy preparation work on the iron for the attachment of the gold in the larger...
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	| Forum: Keris Warung Kopi  16th November 2007, 02:09 PM | 
	
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				 Gold work on blades 
 This piece is a standard of the type of work done in Sumatra. This piece illustrates the type of preparation work done on the iron to help affix to gold to the blade. It is done similar to the...
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