7th April 2014, 10:16 AM | #1 |
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keris for share
I found this keris 6 months ago in Purworejo in central java
onle in a dark corner in someone's home that keris sheath made the pendok is made of silver and weighs about an ounce Handels is made from Ivory selut and mendak silver the pamor is buntil mayit en the dapur I think will be Bungkem regards semar |
7th April 2014, 04:55 PM | #2 |
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Nice keris Semar with a very unusual kembang kacang!
Regards, Detlef |
7th April 2014, 06:32 PM | #3 |
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Well that's a lovely ensemble. I find it rather attractive. Hope you don't mind if i orient your photo a bit differently. Always easier to read a photo of a keris in this orientation and allows us to better understand the "bow" or forward lead of the blade. Perhaps someone can help me with the Javanese term for that feature which i seem to have forgotten.
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7th April 2014, 08:28 PM | #4 |
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Most people I know refer to the blade angle as "condong lele":- "condong lelenya" :- "its angle"
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7th April 2014, 08:47 PM | #6 |
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OK, really weird that when i hit "quote" to repeat your post at the top of my response it changed your spelling of condong to condign. Damn auto-correct!
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8th April 2014, 12:36 AM | #7 |
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hello Detlef
this kind of kembang kacang the call it Bungkum no problem David this way the keris look nice to hahaha semar |
8th April 2014, 05:38 AM | #8 |
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David, in most cases, getting old is a whole lot better than the alternative.
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8th April 2014, 01:33 PM | #9 |
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Very conscious pattern...note how the offset waves have a pamor "island" (for lack of a better word) at the apex of ever direction change.
This means the empu either planned that in the beginning or worked with that for the final shaping of the blade. Ric |
16th April 2014, 01:31 PM | #10 |
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Very nice !!
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