Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
14th November 2022, 04:04 AM
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Replies: 60
Views: 35,592
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
21st March 2022, 02:23 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 8,847
~cringe~ ~shudder~
Honestly, I really do not...
~cringe~ ~shudder~
Honestly, I really do not think so. Some things are simply not cricket, old boy; and some things are simply not done. Certain things are so far beyond the pale of decency that to...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
4th March 2022, 01:09 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 7,978
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
20th February 2022, 10:44 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 9,470
Re: Brunei Armed Forces Kris
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Not a keris, per se, but interesting just the same. The full article, and the original source of the posted photo can be viewed at: ...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
13th February 2022, 09:01 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 7,978
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
13th February 2022, 08:44 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 13,711
Thank you, Alan.
You were quite clear in...
Thank you, Alan.
You were quite clear in your earlier post. I sometimes use figures of speech or double entendres in a literal way.
My apologies for not having replied sooner. My Mother...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
1st November 2021, 12:00 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 4,534
Re: What is that pamor?
The pamor here is striking; somewhat like [not exactly like] a spinal column/ vertebrae and ribs, at least to my eye.
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
31st October 2021, 11:36 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 13,711
Re: Leeuw/ Kat warangka
Thank you. I had thought that these warangka might have had an older, more esoteric origin and history, perhaps shrouded in the mists of antiquity.
The "mercenary motivation" casts a cold, clear...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
18th October 2021, 01:25 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 42,657
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
20th September 2021, 12:44 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 13,711
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
9th August 2021, 02:46 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 10,879
Looks kocetan to me, but not enough legs, and...
Looks kocetan to me, but not enough legs, and poor body condition. I hope it was not intended to be a dog.
I once saw a keris hilt for sale... To me it looked like a guy in a baseball cap with the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th August 2021, 02:02 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 11,090
Re: Quality.
I can vouch for the quality of Valiantco blades. I own dozens upon dozens of them. I've only had a problem with one blade, which I attribute to my own inappropriate use of a blade with too fine an...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th August 2021, 01:59 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 6,977
Re: Missing parts.
So, it would not be "too big a deal" to use bone or moose antler to replace a missing buntut, or a missing tip to the "crosspiece" of the "warangka"? [Please excuse me. My choice of words may not be...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
26th July 2021, 03:38 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 15,925
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
7th July 2021, 01:20 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 5,903
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
28th June 2021, 08:55 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 13,216
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
8th May 2021, 04:47 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 13,216
David, that's not what I said, and that's not...
David, that's not what I said, and that's not what I meant. You need to pay attention to the words that I used, and to what I actually said, instead of a "loosy-goosy" extrapolation of what you think...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
6th April 2021, 11:52 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 6,144
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
6th April 2021, 10:18 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 13,216
Rushing is not a thing I do. I have a keris, as...
Rushing is not a thing I do. I have a keris, as well as a tombak which have remained inside their respective warangka and tutup since I acquired them several years ago. Neither one shows any obvious...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
30th March 2021, 02:30 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 13,216
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
11th March 2021, 09:11 AM
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Replies: 55
Views: 25,117
I had been cosidering, while suffering from...
I had been cosidering, while suffering from non-COVID related illness over the past 7 days, about making a post pertaining to D.I. Yogyakarta, Letjen Soedirman and other loosely connected topics, but...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
25th February 2021, 01:26 PM
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Replies: 55
Views: 25,117
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
23rd February 2021, 11:54 AM
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Replies: 55
Views: 25,117
Alan, my "issue" is probably no more than a...
Alan, my "issue" is probably no more than a semantic one, a fussing over choice of words. And my choice of Bahasa Indonesia words will probably be found to be less than precise, and perhaps flat-out...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
23rd February 2021, 06:50 AM
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Replies: 55
Views: 25,117
After some sober second thought, I've realized...
After some sober second thought, I've realized that I have no desire to argue with any member of this forum. I have no confidence in my ability to hold my own in a keris-related argument or debate...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
17th February 2021, 02:41 PM
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Replies: 55
Views: 25,117
Re: Jarang goyang, etc.
I wasn't sure about the correct spelling of the name of the dhapur, so I Googled a couple of variants and went with the one which brought up the greater volume of results.
This perhaps very...
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