Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
Yesterday, 01:06 PM
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#1 is not from Solo, and very unlikely from...
#1 is not from Solo, and very unlikely from Central Jawa, it could be from Surabaya, Pasar Turi, but it is really not any sort of traditional weapon from Jawa, it is just something from somebody's...
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Forum: European Armoury
4th June 2024, 10:30 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
4th June 2024, 10:13 PM
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oariff
thank you for your compliment, but it...
oariff
thank you for your compliment, but it is inaccurate, yes, I do have a good depth of knowledge in respect of forge work, but only insofar as it relates to the making of blades, nearly all...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd June 2024, 10:53 PM
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Maybe we could call this a poll axe?
It is a...
Maybe we could call this a poll axe?
It is a ball-pein hammer head that had a chipped face & has been forged into a carpenters hatchet.
I've never put a handle on it, & never used it, but it is...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd June 2024, 09:42 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd June 2024, 01:14 PM
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Yes, that is correct, an old term for the butt...
Yes, that is correct, an old term for the butt --- ie, the back of the axe head --- was "poll". The cutting edge is the "bit".
However somewhere along the line about 400 years ago people started...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd June 2024, 10:00 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
2nd June 2024, 09:37 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
2nd June 2024, 01:50 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
1st June 2024, 11:19 PM
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Replies: 12
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
1st June 2024, 10:58 PM
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Replies: 16
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
1st June 2024, 06:04 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 7,626
) Possible Origin and Pamor?
Complete...
) Possible Origin and Pamor?
Complete keris, including dress:- East Jawa
Pamor name I cannot give from what I can see
2) Can this keris be some sort of hierarchical marker?...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
29th May 2024, 10:26 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
29th May 2024, 01:48 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
29th May 2024, 01:44 AM
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Views: 3,099
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th May 2024, 09:51 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
26th May 2024, 07:29 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 4,378
The art of the early renaissance period in...
The art of the early renaissance period in Europe is a good place to begin looking at the use of symbolism in art to carry a message.
In Jawa, Islam adopted the keris & other icons of the...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
22nd May 2024, 01:11 PM
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Replies: 10
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
21st May 2024, 04:29 AM
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Replies: 10
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Just one more comment:- a Javanese -English...
Just one more comment:- a Javanese -English dictionary is useful, Robson & Wibisono is maybe the best, but this only goes so far, what we really need is several Javanese to Javanese dictionaries, &...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
21st May 2024, 04:21 AM
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Replies: 10
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Didn't take long Ian, about 20 minutes this...
Didn't take long Ian, about 20 minutes this morning & 30 minutes after lunch.
Helps if one already has the language, then it becomes no more difficult than looking up words in an English...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
20th May 2024, 10:19 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
20th May 2024, 01:20 PM
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Brojol > lower on one side than on the other...
Brojol > lower on one side than on the other side.
Well --- it is, isn't it?
its a keris.
For me, the real question is who gives/gave a dhapur the name, the maker? the person for whom made?...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
20th May 2024, 12:41 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 5,094
Here we have a few pendoks.
From the left we...
Here we have a few pendoks.
From the left we have two pendoks that most collectors at the present time would classify as Banyumas, however, these two pendoks both came off very old Surakarta (ie,...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
19th May 2024, 11:34 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 5,094
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
19th May 2024, 09:35 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 5,094
Post #12 Gustav?
You can see Jogja...
Post #12 Gustav?
You can see Jogja characteristics in this sunggingan pendok?
Am I correct in this assumption?
Detlef, I was referring to the picture of another similar pendok, it was a...
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