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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi Today, 04:40 PM
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Posted By David
Hi Martin. It is an interesting pattern on the...

Hi Martin. It is an interesting pattern on the pendok that i don't believe i have seem before. Are you sure it is silver though. Doesn't really appear so in the photos, but that might just be a bad...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons Today, 04:31 AM
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Posted By David
The photos could be deceiving due to the poor...

The photos could be deceiving due to the poor quality, but i find it interesting that such a relatively high end carved ivory hilt is married to this pretty low level keris blade.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons Today, 04:26 AM
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Views: 770
Posted By David
Thanks for letting us know. Really sorry to hear...

Thanks for letting us know. Really sorry to hear this news. Peace to his friends and family.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th December 2025, 10:37 PM
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Views: 928
Posted By David
Hi Ian. I have quoted Alan'a post above because...

Hi Ian. I have quoted Alan'a post above because it is basically my own postion. Best of luck with this project!
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 4th December 2025, 10:58 PM
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Views: 5,277
Posted By David
Here is another Bali dressed keris with pamor...

Here is another Bali dressed keris with pamor tangkis. I am curious what the consensus might be on the origins of this blade. It is perfectly fitted to the sarong so clearly this dress was made...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 30th November 2025, 12:20 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 5,157
Posted By David
What i meant by leave it at that was that you and...

What i meant by leave it at that was that you and i, two people who have admitted that we don't know all that much about keris outside the Jawa/Bali/Sumatra nexus (and even there i know relatively...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 29th November 2025, 05:08 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 5,157
Posted By David
Thanks Alan, i appreciate your response and will...

Thanks Alan, i appreciate your response and will add, as i believe i have already stated, that i don't really know either. But i am still confused by you opinion that this is the product of the Bugis...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 28th November 2025, 11:41 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 5,157
Posted By David
Alan, i'm definitely not trying to force a answer...

Alan, i'm definitely not trying to force a answer out of you regarding origin of this keris. I have long been aware of your preferred concentration of study and that keris like this lie outside those...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 27th November 2025, 06:39 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 5,157
Posted By David
I don't see much that is particularly Bugis in...

I don't see much that is particularly Bugis in this keris. The dress looks Sumatran to my eyes and the blade as well, but while some Sumatran keris will indeed have a Bugis influence i am not seeing...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 25th November 2025, 03:01 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 1,232
Posted By David
Happy Keris Day!

On this day in 2005 UNESCO declared the Indonesian Keris a "Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity".
Photo ©David Sorcher 2018
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 22nd November 2025, 05:34 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 5,277
Posted By David
I don't know. I am inclined NOT to see a Balinese...

I don't know. I am inclined NOT to see a Balinese blade here. I would be interested in knowing what aspects of this Blade point to Bali for those that think so.
Gustav, do we have a blade length...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 23rd October 2025, 03:30 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 7,854
Posted By David
Thanks Alan. I think i might have thrown you off...

Thanks Alan. I think i might have thrown you off the track of my enquiry by using the word "Origin". I do, of course, realize that the terms "nogo" and 'singo" have their origins in Hindu culture. I...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 21st October 2025, 07:42 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 7,854
Posted By David
Nogo and Singo Origins

I've been searching the archives looking to see if this has been discussed, but have not found a thread yet.
When did the Nogo and Singo forms of keris develop. Did these come about in the Islamic...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 21st October 2025, 04:16 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 23,493
Posted By David
Well, it certainly isn't too long to be a...

Well, it certainly isn't too long to be a baculum, as walrus oosiks can be quite large, but it does seems far too straight for one and i do not believe that oosiks have nerve holes running through...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 19th October 2025, 11:34 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 10,466
Posted By David
Well Alan, i think it would be fair to say that...

Well Alan, i think it would be fair to say that your first opinion, that this is a Bugis style blade, is a relatively safe one. As for your second opiniuon, second half of the 19th century seems a...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 18th October 2025, 07:33 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 10,466
Posted By David
Some nice blades here. It has always been my...

Some nice blades here. It has always been my recommendation that you post one keris at a time for discussion unless you feel there is some specific connection between all these blades beyond their...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 18th October 2025, 07:29 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 22,700
Posted By David
Nice keris. Could you make a photo of the blade...

Nice keris. Could you make a photo of the blade in the sheath looking down from the top so that we can see the fit? Thanks!
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 8th October 2025, 04:38 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 16,180
Posted By David
I agree that it is buffalo horn. I don't see any...

I agree that it is buffalo horn. I don't see any evidence of the tubular structure that is common to rhino horn.
Still a lovely hilt though. :)
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th October 2025, 03:20 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 14,588
Posted By David
Sid, as Alan has mentioned, dating wedhung can be...

Sid, as Alan has mentioned, dating wedhung can be very tricky since it is not a knife that has changed very much over time, though when we get further back in time to Mojopahit and Mataram we do see...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th October 2025, 10:08 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 14,588
Posted By David
Hi Sid. Congratulations on finally acquiring a...

Hi Sid. Congratulations on finally acquiring a wedhung.
Better, larger photos would be helpful, but i suspect from what i can see that your is probably later 19th century to early 20th. Not a high...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 1st October 2025, 08:14 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 19,941
Posted By David
Thanks for showing these. Seems a strange way for...

Thanks for showing these. Seems a strange way for a museum to display both the keris and especially the hilts. Simple stands to display all these hilts upright is not a large cost and they would look...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 26th September 2025, 11:47 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 32,153
Posted By David
Keep in mind that classification or tunggah does...

Keep in mind that classification or tunggah does not necessarily place a keris in an actual time period.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 23rd September 2025, 04:55 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 21,100
Posted By David
That could indeed be a magickal seal of some...

That could indeed be a magickal seal of some sort, but it is not the Seal of Solomon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_of_Solomon
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd September 2025, 12:31 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 21,100
Posted By David
The symbols would have very deep and personal...

The symbols would have very deep and personal talismanic meaning to the original owner. For better or for worse though, i am afraid no one today would be able to decipher their exact meaning. Nice...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th September 2025, 08:06 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 41,088
Posted By David
Yes, i knew that. I bought it from Ron (Spunjer)...

Yes, i knew that. I bought it from Ron (Spunjer) many years ago and sold it 7 or 8 years ago, possibly to someone else on these forums (i can't quite remember). It really gets around.
I do remember...
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