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Forum: Swap Forum 13th May 2018, 08:49 AM
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Views: 7,792
Posted By Gustav
Final price reduction - EUR 750.

Final price reduction - EUR 750.
Forum: Swap Forum 12th May 2018, 01:01 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 4,934
Posted By Gustav
Sold, thank you!

Sold, thank you!
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 3rd May 2018, 03:46 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 15,760
Posted By Gustav
Exactly - imagine you are in a dark shop room,...

Exactly - imagine you are in a dark shop room, and it's covered with "patina"...
And you don't see the Pesi hole, because it's fitted with a Keris.
Forum: Swap Forum 3rd May 2018, 01:12 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 6,175
Posted By Gustav
Reduced to 110 + shipment.

Reduced to 110 + shipment.
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 3rd May 2018, 10:24 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 15,760
Posted By Gustav
For me, it's interesting to see the engraved...

For me, it's interesting to see the engraved "cracks", which imitate older ivory.
A good lesson.
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 28th April 2018, 09:39 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 25,925
Posted By Gustav
Sorry David, I know. Just when I read...

Sorry David, I know. Just when I read "Minangkabau culture is distinctly different from the Malay cultures of the Peninsula as well as other cultures on Sumatra", - Minang culture IS Malay culture,...
Forum: Swap Forum 28th April 2018, 02:39 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 7,792
Posted By Gustav
More pictures. Blade is quenched and most...

More pictures.

Blade is quenched and most likely has a steel core. If it ever has been thicker, then less then 1mm, the fit in the sheath is near to perfect for an antique weapon. There never has...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 27th April 2018, 10:24 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 25,925
Posted By Gustav
David, Negeri Sembilan on Malay Peninsula...

David, Negeri Sembilan on Malay Peninsula actually has very strong Minang roots.

Some quotes from Newbold, 1839:

"The inhabitants of the states in the interior of the southerly part of the...
Forum: Swap Forum 24th April 2018, 01:24 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 6,175
Posted By Gustav
Now to the damages:

Now to the damages:
Forum: Swap Forum 24th April 2018, 01:20 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 6,175
Posted By Gustav
Chinese Jian

For sale typical end of 19th/beginning of 20th cent. Jian with tortoiseshell scabbard.

Total length 58,4, blade 40,5 cm.

Small losses to tortoiseshell, all metal elements are firm.
There is...
Forum: Swap Forum 23rd April 2018, 09:33 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 4,934
Posted By Gustav
Reduced to EUR 25.

Reduced to EUR 25.
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 22nd April 2018, 11:49 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 17,955
Posted By Gustav
Keris of Peter the Great

Dear All,

perhaps this one deserves his own thread.

Despite the very mysterious description on online collection site of Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, this is Keris Peter the Great...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 21st April 2018, 11:43 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 27,870
Posted By Gustav
Regarding Paul's blade, I am afraid I cannot have...

Regarding Paul's blade, I am afraid I cannot have an opinion, except, that the outline of Gonjo, widening towards Buntut, looks Bugis inspired. The blade is Javanese or is copying Javanese/Balinese...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 21st April 2018, 11:17 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 27,870
Posted By Gustav
David, it's quite simple. Although my interest...

David, it's quite simple. Although my interest (at the moment) differ from Alan's in that I very much like some Sumatran and Peninsular Keris forms, for Nogo blades I am only into something, of which...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 21st April 2018, 10:56 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 27,870
Posted By Gustav
Alan, thank you!

Alan, thank you!
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 21st April 2018, 06:27 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 27,870
Posted By Gustav
Alan - a question. In your paper you write about...

Alan - a question. In your paper you write about the first Luk:

"Similarly, the first wave counted is not a wave in the blade either; it is a slight undulation that
occurs on only one side of...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 20th April 2018, 06:43 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 27,870
Posted By Gustav
Actually when I look at the picture of Sorsoran,...

Actually when I look at the picture of Sorsoran, I see 3 different materials - Slorok (marked in blue), an Adeg grained layer, and a layer which comes above Adeg in the lower part of Sorsoran, we see...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 20th April 2018, 05:44 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 27,870
Posted By Gustav
Paul, I have the impression, that the blade is...

Paul, I have the impression, that the blade is seriously reshaped, perhaps already a longer time ago.

Sorsoran is very massive compare to the rest, (especially Gonjo seems to be really huge) and...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th April 2018, 01:42 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 76,496
Posted By Gustav
yes, for Kris from Mindanao it's not unusual...

yes, for Kris from Mindanao it's not unusual already at the time.
Forum: Keris Swap Forum 18th April 2018, 06:54 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 5,283
Posted By Gustav
Sold, thank you.

Sold, thank you.
Forum: Swap Forum 18th April 2018, 01:16 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 4,934
Posted By Gustav
Two African knives

Not my area of collecting, so for sale:

two African (Ethiopian?) knives, larger one 31 cm, smaller 23 cm overall.

Handles are horn / wood and horn.

Asking EUR 35 + shipment costs.

Please...
Forum: Keris Swap Forum 16th April 2018, 12:57 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 5,283
Posted By Gustav
On hold.

On hold.
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 15th April 2018, 07:07 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 48,123
Posted By Gustav
Hello Kai; One of the most...

Hello Kai;



One of the most characteristic, distinctive features for a PS is the central ridge (Odo-Odo), continued on Gonjo. It is present. Also Greneng on my blade is absolutely typical for...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 14th April 2018, 04:36 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 48,123
Posted By Gustav
While cleaning blades and making pictures I took...

While cleaning blades and making pictures I took some care of this Malay Keris Selit I have for a longer time already. It's from Northern Peninsula, 23,2 cm blade. A little bit unusual for KS because...
Forum: Keris Swap Forum 14th April 2018, 04:06 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 5,283
Posted By Gustav
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