Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
28th July 2015, 12:36 PM
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Replies: 107
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Henk ;
Here are 3 examples from my...
Henk ;
Here are 3 examples from my collection. The blades and scabbards are made locally (by Kelantan Malays), and one of the hilts (the elephant molar) I know for sure was made here in the mid...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
27th July 2015, 04:09 PM
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Replies: 107
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th July 2015, 04:40 AM
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Replies: 4
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Detlef;
Here are a few more close-ups. Just...
Detlef;
Here are a few more close-ups. Just ignore the yellow cloth that I used to hang the balato on the wall.
Looks like nylon was used to tie up the boar tusks(?) togather. So the item can...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
4th July 2015, 07:17 AM
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Replies: 18
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Jean,
this is precisely what I am talking...
Jean,
this is precisely what I am talking about. the pre cleaned pic of the blade you posted is what I would think is the one intended to be and preferred by many collectors in this region (?)....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd July 2015, 12:33 PM
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Replies: 4
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Balato with animal teeth for scabbard basket
I hope some of you balato lovers/experts can comment on my newly acquired balato here. The two things that attract me to it are the nice patina overall and it looked pretty old but the question is...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
3rd July 2015, 07:54 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 18,923
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
2nd July 2015, 05:58 AM
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Replies: 18
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
2nd July 2015, 03:21 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 18,923
Thanks all for the explanation. Here is an...
Thanks all for the explanation. Here is an example of what I would call an over cleaned blade.It looked shiny , smooth to the touch and the color is silvery. compared to what some would view as...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
1st July 2015, 07:57 PM
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Replies: 18
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Over cleaning the keris blade?
I've noticed that some keris blades on sales from western collection are over cleaned in my view. They looked shiny and feel very smooth like modern knife blades and often oiled. They looked nothing...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th June 2015, 03:08 PM
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Replies: 4
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th June 2015, 08:56 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th June 2015, 07:07 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 8,765
batak knives?
I bought these knives some years back which are supposed to be from the Batak tribes of Sumatera. The blades are plain but the scabbards were decorated quite nicely and made of deer antler.
I...
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Forum: Swap Forum
26th May 2015, 04:22 AM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
17th May 2015, 06:53 AM
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Replies: 33
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it's quite a fascinating phenomenon that some...
it's quite a fascinating phenomenon that some keris can stand on the pointed end whereas the centre of gravity is logically quite far up at the hilt I'd guess.
Any scientific explanation for this...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th May 2015, 06:42 PM
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Replies: 7
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just received this mandau today and massively...
just received this mandau today and massively disappointed. It's tiny and certainly NOT a real mandau for use. better suited to cut onions than heads !!! Could've been a mandau model for souvenir/...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th May 2015, 06:31 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 14,368
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
9th May 2015, 05:54 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 13,649
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
9th May 2015, 06:38 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 13,649
and so I paid a visit to pandai besi known as...
and so I paid a visit to pandai besi known as Najo in Pasir Mas Kelantan yesterday. You can count the best keris makers in Malaysia on one hand right now and he is now the pre eminent pandai besi...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th May 2015, 12:28 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 14,368
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th May 2015, 05:08 AM
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Replies: 8
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Another mandau Qs
I just got this mandau yesterday. The blade is simple and heavily rusted. There are two features that I would like to understand and hope mandau lovers and experts here can help to explain.
1) On...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
5th May 2015, 05:36 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 13,649
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
2nd May 2015, 04:12 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 13,649
Detlef;
Many thanks Detlef for the links...
Detlef;
Many thanks Detlef for the links showing different shapes of pandai saras, carita and malela.
What I hope to understand clearly is how one can differentiate between the different blade...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
1st May 2015, 12:30 AM
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Replies: 17
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
28th April 2015, 04:02 AM
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Replies: 17
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Keris blade styles
Hi all;
I'm Malaysian but like the great majority of us we are quite ignorant about our own heritage particularly about Keris. I'm beginning to take an interest and have 6 keris in my collection...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th April 2015, 09:32 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 10,616
Hi Sajen;
Very good to hear that you've...
Hi Sajen;
Very good to hear that you've handled it personally. For the price I paid for it I did not expect it to be really old. I'd be happy if it's mid 20th century. Do you think it is so or...
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