Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
Today, 12:09 AM
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Thanks for posting this interesting knife,...
Thanks for posting this interesting knife, Thomas!
Tough to nail down its origin for sure: It probably hails from the Sumatran East coast (including the associated islands); an iron ferrule is not...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
Yesterday, 11:43 PM
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Hello Omar,
I believe these fossil elephant...
Hello Omar,
I believe these fossil elephant molar fittings are modern and emulate classic Straits style; blade might be old. IMHO, a sewar regardless of which coast along the Malacca Strait it...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th May 2024, 10:19 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th May 2024, 10:16 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th May 2024, 10:12 PM
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Hello Omar,
Do you have close-ups of the...
Hello Omar,
Do you have close-ups of the base of the blade? Both sides would be good.
Blades curved like this are fairly common and some of them apparently are based on the Arab jambiah.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th May 2024, 10:06 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th May 2024, 10:01 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th May 2024, 08:45 PM
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Views: 571
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Forum: European Armoury
17th May 2024, 08:28 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,635
Get well soon, Fernando!
Thanks a lot for...
Get well soon, Fernando!
Thanks a lot for posting this piece! Assuming that it got gifted to the intended recipient, how did it find its way back to Portugal?
BTW, there seem to be several tree...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
4th May 2024, 08:38 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,752
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd May 2024, 11:42 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 3,389
Hello Alan,
No convincing, much less any...
Hello Alan,
No convincing, much less any confident opinion from my side, I'm afraid.
Pics from more angles may help. How old would you estimate this hilt to be? (From the pic, the carving...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
29th April 2024, 11:18 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,347
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th April 2024, 12:11 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 5,864
Hello Ray,
Thanks for showing your latest...
Hello Ray,
Thanks for showing your latest beauty! I agree it seems to be late 19th century or around the turn of the century.
All "twistcore" Moro kris I've seen exhibit no real twist core:...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th April 2024, 11:51 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th April 2024, 11:38 PM
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Views: 6,281
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th April 2024, 11:29 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th April 2024, 11:17 PM
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Views: 10,204
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
22nd March 2024, 07:36 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 5,160
Dear all,
The keris in the middle is in...
Dear all,
The keris in the middle is in decent shape; the one below should benefit from warangan, too.
The tombak looks Sunda to me. More close-ups of the batik needed.
In my experience,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd March 2024, 07:16 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 8,127
Very neat addition, Detlef!
An extremely...
Very neat addition, Detlef!
An extremely nice sewar from the western coast of Sumatra. Some close-ups would be great once you receive it.
There ferrule seems to be suasa, right? Nice ensemble!...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
20th March 2024, 09:37 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th March 2024, 05:53 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
9th March 2024, 07:11 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 11,454
Hello Andreas,
Regarding the less dense...
Hello Andreas,
Regarding the less dense inclusions inside the pommel: You forgot to flip your red markings when viewing the other side of the pommel. Could you post corrected pics, please?
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
5th March 2024, 09:36 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 8,318
Dear all,
Most examples on the market these...
Dear all,
Most examples on the market these days are results of cultural appropriation for mere business reasons - if not outright fakes (in case claimed being genuine northern Melayu...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th March 2024, 08:59 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,875
Dear all,
Aside from kinda vague pommel...
Dear all,
Aside from kinda vague pommel similarities obviously based on ergonomics (and a ferrule/bolster style much more widespread including e.g. Indonesia), I fail to see any close relationship...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th March 2024, 08:41 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 10,204
Hello Yuri,
The blade is coming out nicely!...
Hello Yuri,
The blade is coming out nicely! Seems good quality to me.
I don't see much wear and this makes estimating age hard. The Borneo crowd tends to be really conservative with age...
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