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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th June 2019, 10:21 AM
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Views: 34,742
Posted By Gustav
To me it also looks like a Sulawesi blade,...

To me it also looks like a Sulawesi blade, perhaps traded.

Do we see something similar in van Zonneveld's book, p. 137, picture 575 (a sword from Tanimbar)?
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 15th June 2019, 03:11 PM
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Views: 18,670
Posted By Gustav
Yes, because it's the same side.

Yes, because it's the same side.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th May 2019, 08:19 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 13,573
Posted By Gustav
Well, here is one, which is indeed mounted...

Well, here is one, which is indeed mounted somewhere in Indonesia:

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=7622&highlight=yataghan+indonesian

I have seen at least one other, which quite...
Forum: European Armoury 10th April 2019, 06:07 PM
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Views: 14,547
Posted By Gustav
Just a remark - Tonquin cannot be Tokyo or vice...

Just a remark - Tonquin cannot be Tokyo or vice versa for the swords in question, as Tokyo was called Edo until 1868, when the capital was moved.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 26th February 2019, 08:50 PM
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Views: 287,468
Posted By Gustav
Jim, in Egerton's book there is a short chapter...

Jim, in Egerton's book there is a short chapter about Malayan and Indonesian arms. Plate VIII in it contains some quite detailed drawings of a Keris in the collection of Czar of Russia. So there is...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 19th December 2018, 01:59 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 37,459
Posted By Gustav
Kai, thank you. the revision of the edge...

Kai, thank you.

the revision of the edge seems to have been repeated a couple of times.
The Odo-Odo is quite out of center at the second Luk. I would say, the blade there originally was still 3...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 19th December 2018, 01:15 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 37,459
Posted By Gustav
Mine is a bit different animal. Now I understand,...

Mine is a bit different animal. Now I understand, it could come from West Java - a search shows, how much S-Sumatra, in fact whole Sumatra and Malay Peninsula, was at an earlier time period...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 19th December 2018, 12:50 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 37,459
Posted By Gustav
David, here a picture of a kris, which was...

David, here a picture of a kris, which was presented to George IV when Prince Regent by Stamford Raffles, 10 May 1817. No measurements, yet it could be smaller then yours - but exactly these straight...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 18th December 2018, 09:45 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 37,459
Posted By Gustav
more pics.

more pics.
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 18th December 2018, 09:36 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 37,459
Posted By Gustav
David, at the moment it's in my hands. Jean,...

David, at the moment it's in my hands.

Jean, as David already wrote, such Tikel Alis and similar elongated Greneng can be seen on S-Sumatra blades. S-Sumatra blades tend to be smaller, but I know...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 18th December 2018, 02:34 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 37,459
Posted By Gustav
A couple of pictures of this interesting ensemble...

A couple of pictures of this interesting ensemble will follow.

What led me thing about Palembang as possible origin of blade was the smallish Greneng with elongated Dha, sometimes found in...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 16th December 2018, 10:27 AM
Replies: 53
Views: 45,838
Posted By Gustav
This is a very interesting topic, I have thought...

This is a very interesting topic, I have thought about it for a longer time.

At first, about the drawings from Haryoguritno's book - they seem to make the differences between Greneng by different...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 30th November 2018, 02:52 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 45,838
Posted By Gustav
Yes Jean, emerging of certain patterns in certain...

Yes Jean, emerging of certain patterns in certain places is a regularity.

Otherwise there are worlds between these two blades.
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 30th November 2018, 11:35 AM
Replies: 53
Views: 45,838
Posted By Gustav
Actually Blumbangan of initial Keris doesn't look...

Actually Blumbangan of initial Keris doesn't look Mboto Adeg (as it should be with Surakarta Keris), it could be square, in pictures it looks almost Rubuh, perhaps also some strange image deformation...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 12th November 2018, 11:43 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 37,459
Posted By Gustav
In the blade there are also equally strong...

In the blade there are also equally strong indicators that suggest Palembang.

Gambar is a Palembang form, Gandar with squarish tip is typical for South Sumatra/Palembang.

Strong Chinese...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th August 2018, 05:22 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 18,122
Posted By Gustav
Jentayu, thank you very much for translation,...

Jentayu, thank you very much for translation, it's a great help!

A question - could Teuku Kalit be a title, the Dutch spelling being (Teuku) Kali?


"For the administration of justice the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th August 2018, 02:57 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 18,122
Posted By Gustav
Better pictures of the inscription:

Better pictures of the inscription:
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th August 2018, 01:21 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 18,122
Posted By Gustav
Willem, thank you! Detlef, thank you very...

Willem, thank you!

Detlef, thank you very much for checking your Sikin Panjang!
Very close indeed.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 4th August 2018, 11:56 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 18,122
Posted By Gustav
Ian, Kai, Detlef - thank you very much! ...

Ian, Kai, Detlef - thank you very much!


Yes, I had luck this time - blade came out very well, without deep scars (there were two bigger rusted areas where you could expect everything, one on...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 2nd August 2018, 08:42 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 18,122
Posted By Gustav
Ariel, thank you very much! The cartouche...

Ariel, thank you very much!

The cartouche once more, in correct orientation.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st August 2018, 01:59 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 18,122
Posted By Gustav
Sikin Panjang - a translation request

Dear All,

if possible I would like to ask some knowledgeable person to translate the cartouche on this one, please.

And a question - the blade of this specimen is becoming slightly broader...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 8th June 2018, 08:29 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 38,710
Posted By Gustav
David, please read read my post carefully. I...

David, please read read my post carefully. I never have said, those blades from thread "Bling" wouldn't or couldn't be old.

In your comment above you even imply, I would have said, they were...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 7th June 2018, 07:34 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 38,710
Posted By Gustav
Actually besides the quite simplified Liking...

Actually besides the quite simplified Liking Pakoe figurine this hilt seems to lack also the petals on the domed base of this figurine.

(Attached a hilt made before 1894, the figurine lost.)
...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 7th June 2018, 05:38 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 38,710
Posted By Gustav
Here a thread where two makers of this specific...

Here a thread where two makers of this specific hilt form, father and son, are mentioned. This one could be the work of father.
...
Forum: Swap Forum 5th June 2018, 01:08 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 6,327
Posted By Gustav
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