Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th June 2020, 04:33 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th June 2020, 04:57 PM
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Thank you. I see. It looks close to what...
Thank you. I see. It looks close to what Hrisoulas would call a star or chevron made be twisting laminated bars in deferent directions and welding. I wonder if the core of this type of blade was...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th June 2020, 04:48 PM
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Beautiful! Thank you for showing this. Made my...
Beautiful! Thank you for showing this. Made my day!
Interesting. I noticed a few things. I looks like the blades edges run in a parallel configuration narrowing gently after the midpoint rather...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
12th June 2020, 06:19 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th June 2020, 08:40 PM
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Interesting. Its a very different blade than I...
Interesting. Its a very different blade than I have seen in contempoary use with the northern parts of the tribe's range. The shape suggests a very different kind of swordsmanship than the ones I saw...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
9th June 2020, 07:02 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
9th June 2020, 04:14 AM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
8th June 2020, 09:03 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
8th June 2020, 09:02 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 25,879
Sirek, good call. If the wood hilt is Gana...
Sirek, good call. If the wood hilt is Gana wouldn't the marine ivory :shrug: hilt be Gana as well? Couldn't Gana be an abstract representation of an idea the carver is trying to convey, or...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
8th June 2020, 05:56 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th June 2020, 09:03 PM
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From what I can tell the Batak are mainly...
From what I can tell the Batak are mainly Christian/Muslim, yet the choil seems to be a shiva linga to me. Is there any more knowledgeable member out there able to amend my ignorance? Sorry for the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th June 2020, 08:17 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st June 2020, 06:37 PM
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GP I want to thank you for your advice. The...
GP I want to thank you for your advice. The volatility I spoke of was concerning the storage of Nital and the fear that I might burn down my work shop through improper storage as the building heats...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
31st May 2020, 08:11 AM
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Replies: 70
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I ran across these directions today. Gardner...
I ran across these directions today. Gardner says: "The keris blade is next laid in a trough containing boiling rice water, sulphur, and salt, for three or four days. This blackens the steel but...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
31st May 2020, 01:29 AM
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Replies: 39
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C.V.
I've seen a few copies out there. I just need to find the right one. So far they have seemed maybe slightly over valued.
"A. G. --- perhaps the best place to start with this is: -Wiener Margaret...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th May 2020, 09:48 PM
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Vice jaws, that's a good hypothesis. Those...
Vice jaws, that's a good hypothesis. Those regular marks were the subject of the thread linked above. They also coincided with minute traces of gold visible under magnification before cleaning and to...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th May 2020, 06:42 PM
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More pics and the question
These pictures begin with a December photo of the first clean up then 3 details of the same area after the etching process. The magnification is 10x.
Now the question. Does anyone else see pattern...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th May 2020, 06:30 PM
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A little polish in the time of COVID
In December 2019 I had a question about a kindjal. http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=25463. The answers were inconclusive, but it was a great learning experience. I am sure in time I...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
22nd May 2020, 03:16 AM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
22nd May 2020, 01:08 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 40,098
Thank you!!!! I have been skimming your article...
Thank you!!!! I have been skimming your article and bibliography (looking on line for availability as I go, I would read Groneman next if he wasn't so expensive). I am looking forward to having the...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
21st May 2020, 09:48 PM
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Replies: 39
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Please forgive me if it is bad manners to ask....
Please forgive me if it is bad manners to ask. What would be a good reading list for a student of the keris (Balinaese and Javanese as well)? I have been finding the whole subject fascinating. Covid...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th May 2020, 08:22 PM
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Replies: 16
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Great thread! Art, literature, historical...
Great thread! Art, literature, historical examples, and a lot of thought provoking conjecture. 5 stars, brightened my day!
Veering of topic just a bit; I always thought (assumed) that the eared...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
27th March 2020, 07:52 PM
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Replies: 70
Views: 80,007
Wikipedia, the source of all reliable...
Wikipedia, the source of all reliable information, states, "As arsenic is a natural element in soil, water, and air, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) monitors the levels of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th March 2020, 02:12 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 27,640
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th March 2020, 04:17 PM
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