Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
5th February 2009, 05:10 PM
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Replies: 7
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Yes, Detlef,
You've changed the handle and the...
Yes, Detlef,
You've changed the handle and the mendak with the better one. Better "cecekan" (carving on the handle), better style and quality. Also the mendak, although actually it is a Yogyakartan...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
5th February 2009, 03:32 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 18,427
Dear BluErf,
I have another "clouds motifs"...
Dear BluErf,
I have another "clouds motifs" or "rock motifs" (wadasan) on a Cirebonese keris sheath. But this is more "islamic" influence -- top of a mosque -- in motifs.
And I hope another...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
5th February 2009, 03:24 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 18,427
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
4th February 2009, 09:04 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 18,427
MIXED style
Dear All,
Do you think this (supposed to be Cirebonese or Northern coast of Jawa) hilt fits in this (Riau) blade and Palembang sheath?
GANJAWULUNG
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
3rd February 2009, 02:40 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 12,252
More Raden Saleh's Painting
Yes. And these are more paintings by Raden Saleh from European collections -- I think they are all in the Netherlands, Germany or France...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
2nd February 2009, 01:02 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 12,252
Dear Erik,
I don't think this is off topic,...
Dear Erik,
I don't think this is off topic, because the picture you posted is about the way to wear keris too. There are at least 4 to 5 ways to wear keris. And this is one of them, we in Jawa...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
1st February 2009, 09:58 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 12,151
Dear Royston,
First of all, (1) I would say...
Dear Royston,
First of all, (1) I would say that you put the "pendhok" in a wrong way. The front face of the silver pendhok, you put in the other way. (I post pictures for your example. The foto...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
1st February 2009, 05:00 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 18,427
COMPARISON of Wadasan motifs
Pictures below, more comparison on supposed to be "wadasan motifs" in the lower part of the hilt, and wadasan motifs in Cirebonese keris gandar...
GANJAWULUNG
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
1st February 2009, 04:32 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 18,427
WADASAN motifs
Dear All,
I tend to agree with Rick. North Coast of Jawa. Maybe good too, if we compare the motifs of the lower-part of the ivory hilt (the base of the floral motifs) with "cirebonese motifs"...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
30th January 2009, 04:18 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 18,427
At first I thought like you, Marco. But then,...
At first I thought like you, Marco. But then, confused myself when I notice the 'different' style of the ornaments. Visually different with most maduran ornament...
Yours is Maduran style, as...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
30th January 2009, 03:54 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 26,097
Dear Jussi,
(I try to respond this...
Dear Jussi,
(I try to respond this interesting question, in my limited ability in expressing English)
I hope, yes there is. But we must work hard to draw this timeline of the development of the...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
29th January 2009, 05:07 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 18,427
SUMATRAN hilt? Or?
Dear All,
I am still confused of this hilt. Is it Sumatran hilt? Or, somewhere else? I hope I would get more information on it from you... The hilt size is bigger than Yogyanese hilt, but smaller...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
23rd January 2009, 02:54 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 18,413
Der Kris der Javaner?
Dear Marco,
Thank you for the info on one of the best book on Javanese keris ever. Yes, I hope I should have a copy of that one. From the the title of the book, I think it is the same book as "Der...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
22nd January 2009, 11:47 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 9,656
Pudak Sategal -- not Pundak Sategal
More Correction, Brekele...
Your book told us too, a wrong keris term. Please look at number 18 and 20 (pic from your post), it says -- "pundak sategal".
"Pundak" and "pudak" are different...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
22nd January 2009, 03:35 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 12,891
Dear Daniel,
IMHO, not all kerises with...
Dear Daniel,
IMHO, not all kerises with Javanese influence are Javanese kerises. (Javanese influence can be seen from "dha" form on the greneng part, or tail part of the keris). Why Javanese...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
22nd January 2009, 12:59 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 9,656
Dear Brekele,
IMHO, "rondo nunut" is not a...
Dear Brekele,
IMHO, "rondo nunut" is not a "rondo" (widow) -- riding something. But an 'easy spelling' or 'quick spelling' of "rong dho" (two 'dho' -- two javanese 12th alphabets 'dho' or 'dha' in...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
20th January 2009, 05:20 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 17,680
Another Chengkrong with Luks
Yes, Erik, they are. Some javanese keris people even said, that such kerises were usually used by ulemas, or religious preachers in the past.
Here is another picture of a chengkrong keris with...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
14th January 2009, 04:07 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 25,327
A DURGA INSPIRED HILT
I hope this is more earthly approach too. A hilt that was made three weeks ago by a young hilt-maker, Gatot Kamijo from Imogiri, Yogyakarta. A "durga inspired" hilt I commissioned to him, two days...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
14th January 2009, 03:22 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 17,592
Thank You, Sjors,
And this is just an...
Thank You, Sjors,
And this is just an intermezzo -- if you browse the internet with your search-engine, you will find several amazing sites of 'another keris'... Keris.net for instance, is the...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
12th January 2009, 10:58 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 17,592
IMHO, both words are correct from different...
IMHO, both words are correct from different views. Keris is Javanese and Indonesian pronounciation, and kris is English or other language than Indonesian pronounciation.
Indonesian tongue -- and...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
12th January 2009, 10:40 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 7,088
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
12th January 2009, 04:34 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 7,088
LUK KEMBA
Good old blade, Erik,
If I may estimate the "tangguh" of the keris, I would like to say it is a "segaluh" keris. At least, it has a characteristic of what some Javanese keris people say as...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
9th January 2009, 10:52 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 19,902
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
9th January 2009, 04:37 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 17,680
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
8th January 2009, 03:01 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 17,680
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