Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
Yesterday, 07:18 PM
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Omar, this appears to be a fairly contemporary...
Omar, this appears to be a fairly contemporary keris to me, probably no older than the one that started this thread. It is made in a talismanic manner, that is, it has inscriptions and symbols all...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
4th May 2024, 05:30 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
4th May 2024, 05:13 PM
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My personal feeling about keris is that they...
My personal feeling about keris is that they should always be kept in their sheath when not being viewed. Many collectors wrap their keris in plastic so as not to have the metal in constant contact...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
4th May 2024, 05:04 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
3rd May 2024, 10:25 PM
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Nyai Mbok would be an honorific meaning a...
Nyai Mbok would be an honorific meaning a senior/elder woman/mother, not her actual name. The question of how many of these keris could have been made in Empu Sombro's lifetime is one i am afraid i...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd May 2024, 04:44 PM
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I believe that Detlef is most probably correct....
I believe that Detlef is most probably correct. What you see on this blade is probably caused by the quenching of the blade. Here is a railroad spike that i forged into a dagger that has a similar...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
30th April 2024, 09:16 PM
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That's always a very difficult question,...
That's always a very difficult question, especially with this type of keris because it has very very stylistic indicators. Your keris does seem to present itself as being very old just from the...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
30th April 2024, 08:47 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
29th April 2024, 02:29 AM
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Views: 3,214
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
27th April 2024, 10:26 PM
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Views: 3,214
Welcome to the forum Omar.
It does indeed look...
Welcome to the forum Omar.
It does indeed look to be a Keris Sombro, but a hole in the end of the pesi (tang) would be a defining trademark. These are so called after a legendary female Empu (keris...
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Forum: Keris Swap Forum
25th April 2024, 02:30 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd April 2024, 02:54 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th April 2024, 08:43 PM
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Views: 8,346
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th April 2024, 03:55 PM
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Views: 12,192
We will have to agree to disagree here Ian. I...
We will have to agree to disagree here Ian. I believe the oldest Moro blades would display "greneng" as all these other examples presented here do show. Detlef's is the exception, but it is not a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th April 2024, 03:03 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 8,346
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
3rd April 2024, 05:11 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 8,689
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
2nd April 2024, 09:16 PM
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Views: 8,689
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
1st April 2024, 11:38 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 9,048
I do have to say that Alan that it's not...
I do have to say that Alan that it's not necessarily such a simple matter. Rob lives on the east coast of the USA and you can't just run out and hire a mranggi to make you a new sheath. Finding old...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th March 2024, 06:07 PM
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Replies: 33
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I could be off base as the Moro kris is really...
I could be off base as the Moro kris is really only a secondary interest for me (in spite of the fact that it was a Moro kris that indeed started me on my current addiction), but i wonder if this...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
29th March 2024, 11:59 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 9,048
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
29th March 2024, 11:56 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 8,689
That's a very nice Bali keris.
I can't really...
That's a very nice Bali keris.
I can't really comment too much on your cleaning job s you photo quality isn't really showing the details very well, but they are good enough to show you acquired a...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
29th March 2024, 07:44 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 9,048
It might be helpful if we knew the dimensions...
It might be helpful if we knew the dimensions here. How long is this blade? Is it bigger than the average Bali blade. Obviously a sarung (wrongko) needs to be large enough to house the blade, but i'm...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
29th March 2024, 07:09 PM
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Well, i agree with most of what Milandro said,...
Well, i agree with most of what Milandro said, but while the dress is probably more recent i believe that blade is probably older than 40 years. I would judge the blade antique, the dress vintage....
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
24th March 2024, 10:07 PM
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Replies: 23
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I don't know about the hilt. I really can't see...
I don't know about the hilt. I really can't see anything Balinese in that. It seems very well made though. But i have never seen mother of pearl and nail decorations like that on Balinese or Lombok...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
24th March 2024, 07:21 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 9,048
Sorry, that was a typing error. As you may have...
Sorry, that was a typing error. As you may have noted, i was trying to agree with the consensus, not disagree. LOL! Not sure why i stuck that "not" in there. But yes, possibly Lombok also. Hard to...
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