Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
6th April 2018, 10:52 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 10,950
Hello Kai,
thank you!
Yes, indeed, no...
Hello Kai,
thank you!
Yes, indeed, no twist. The feature common to Salayer hilts is the rather pronounced neck, the "bridge" under it is missing (if it ever was there, patina is absolutely...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
6th April 2018, 04:22 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 10,950
Small Bugis Sepokal
Dear All,
an interesting small (blade length 24,5 cm) Bugis Sepokal with unusually elaborate Pamor - two twisted bars, separated by a central Adeg line on both sides, and Batu Lapak on one side....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th March 2018, 08:33 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 18,529
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th March 2018, 11:22 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 18,529
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st March 2018, 01:43 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 18,529
Thank you, gentlemen!
Except for some spots...
Thank you, gentlemen!
Except for some spots of more or less active rust I will leave it as it is. It will look better with the battered handle as it is. No expectations of some special welding...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th March 2018, 01:57 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 18,529
Maguindanao 25 Luk Kris
Dear All,
nothing very refined, nevertheless a nice blade (55,5 cm) of its kind, particularly the subtle tapering to the tip.
About 40% of outer binding on handle is gone. The quite fine inner...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th March 2018, 12:33 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 32,521
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th March 2018, 12:27 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 32,521
Séverin,
thank you for the pictures.
I...
Séverin,
thank you for the pictures.
I attach two pictures of a Palembang Keris. They show the typical "thick" Greneng and Jenggot, the edge loosing its sharpness just before Ri Pandan (that's...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th March 2018, 10:50 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 17,429
La Mello almost certainly is a Buginese name....
La Mello almost certainly is a Buginese name. Such are given also to honored weapons - La Sippo, La Makkawa.
In older times they were often written together:
La Galigo - Lagaligo
It is quite...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
4th March 2018, 12:01 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 18,519
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th February 2018, 11:36 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 25,475
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th February 2018, 09:59 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 32,521
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th February 2018, 09:35 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 32,521
A very nice Pedang.
I have a Palembang Keris...
A very nice Pedang.
I have a Palembang Keris with quite similar Udan Mas style pamor, except for it has an Odo2, so not three indentations in a row.
The way how cutting edge becomes thick just...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
4th February 2018, 10:44 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 6,122
Hello RSWORD,
no, it's a conventional...
Hello RSWORD,
no, it's a conventional Greneng on a relatively young blade. The "Dha" element on Greneng is so to say abbreviated, without the small "teath" in the middle (like the one on Jenggot),...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
30th January 2018, 01:39 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 9,271
Actually Kelap Lintah (in combination with...
Actually Kelap Lintah (in combination with inclined Gandhik) and Ada2 are not unusual on South-Sumatran Keris, also Gonjo Iras.
The type of gold application on Gandhik and Gonjo seen here is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th January 2018, 09:15 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 14,103
Ian,
no, just had some interesting...
Ian,
no, just had some interesting conversations with a person who does forging with a focus on pattern welding.
Actually one can understand a lot about different appearances of twistcore and...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th January 2018, 01:54 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 14,103
There are two twisted bars on each side. The...
There are two twisted bars on each side. The blade as end product is much to wide and long for the size of these bars - so while forging out in the length and width the control over the appearance of...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
19th December 2017, 08:49 PM
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Replies: 87
Views: 72,758
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
15th November 2017, 11:10 AM
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Replies: 36
Views: 39,012
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
6th October 2017, 09:33 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 7,428
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
1st October 2017, 10:41 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 13,768
1) Yes, Greneng is Sumatran.
2) In case it...
1) Yes, Greneng is Sumatran.
2) In case it is an old blade, it quite surely was longer.
The overall blade shape looks very strange. Also condition looks at least a bit suspicious - Tikel Alis...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd September 2017, 12:16 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 15,186
Political power is a very questionable and...
Political power is a very questionable and relative thing. According to some historians Iesada was a very weak Shogun. The last one, Yoshinobu, was much more capable.
And it is wise to do so.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd September 2017, 11:18 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 15,186
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st September 2017, 07:24 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 15,186
The scabbard looks like Ottoman work, Turkish...
The scabbard looks like Ottoman work, Turkish "rococo" (but of quite pedestrian quality). There are two daggers in Hale's book, p. 78, with similar jade (?) parts on scabbard.
The smaller Kanji on...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th September 2017, 08:07 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 15,186
The workmanship on some scabbard details...
The workmanship on some scabbard details certainly looks off, as look the calligraphy on the box (the three lines with smaller characters - quite careless work).
And Tokugawa Iesada wasn't the...
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