Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th April 2025, 05:49 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th April 2025, 08:34 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
27th April 2025, 08:27 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th April 2025, 08:24 PM
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Replies: 4
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Hi Dave,
You found the swords I want to...
Hi Dave,
You found the swords I want to show! ;) And yes, I think that you can call your sword semarang. The handle shape and the in up open scabbard let me think like this.
Regards,
Detlef
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th April 2025, 11:56 PM
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Replies: 4
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Hello Dave,
Nice and interesting sword! And...
Hello Dave,
Nice and interesting sword! And yes, I also would have guessed that it comes somewhere from the Moluccan Archipelago, my personal guess would be that it comes from the Northern part. ...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th April 2025, 11:38 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
26th April 2025, 11:35 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th April 2025, 10:21 AM
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Replies: 11
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Hello Mandich,
The colour of the wood and...
Hello Mandich,
The colour of the wood and that you had to clean the wood and that it shows afterwards a glossy and shiny surface is a good sign of long time use. I think personally that your spear...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th April 2025, 10:14 AM
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Replies: 11
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Hello Rob,
Yes, I agree that the wooden part...
Hello Rob,
Yes, I agree that the wooden part could be replaced during the lifetime of the spear and surely would have been replaced by an old or antique spear.
I've had several of these so-called...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd April 2025, 10:43 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd April 2025, 06:16 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st April 2025, 09:48 AM
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Replies: 13
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Hi Kahled my friend,
Just noticed that you...
Hi Kahled my friend,
Just noticed that you replied to this thread, thank you very much for your elaborately comment!
Will write you an email in the next few days!
Best regards,
Detlef
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th April 2025, 06:19 AM
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Replies: 11
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Hello Mansabdar,
This forum is in English,...
Hello Mansabdar,
This forum is in English, you should write in this language.
Here your translation:
Bonour,
I am interested in these inscriptions. I worked on this subject a little. Can...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
14th April 2025, 06:49 PM
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Replies: 20
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th April 2025, 09:01 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th April 2025, 06:21 AM
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Replies: 6
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It's interesting to note that the khanda sword...
It's interesting to note that the khanda sword was adopted in the North of Sumatra and there it was called peudeung, just won by a German auction such a sword, mislabeled as "Khanda from India". ;)
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th April 2025, 05:49 AM
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Replies: 17
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th April 2025, 08:26 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th April 2025, 02:58 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th April 2025, 08:52 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th April 2025, 08:16 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
2nd April 2025, 10:11 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
2nd April 2025, 10:08 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd April 2025, 09:48 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 71,318
Hi Maurice,
I should have known this! :D I...
Hi Maurice,
I should have known this! :D I have a wooden Gayo keris handle already long in my own collection. Thank you for the hint! Sometimes you have the obvious things in front of your eyes...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd April 2025, 09:05 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 71,318
Hi Marc,
To find a sikin panjang without a...
Hi Marc,
To find a sikin panjang without a cracked handle is nearly impossible. I have four in my possession and all four have an age crack, small ones and bigger ones. all four handles are stable...
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