Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
21st January 2026, 08:28 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 4,666
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
20th January 2026, 08:31 PM
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Replies: 17
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
19th January 2026, 11:15 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 6,243
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
19th January 2026, 10:46 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,132
Yes Yohan, true. Ever since Islam set out to...
Yes Yohan, true. Ever since Islam set out to replace the old Hindu-Buddhist belief systems in Jawa, the wayang has been used for the purpose of propaganda. Maybe before that it was used to glorify...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
19th January 2026, 10:19 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 4,666
Yes Detlef, true, the plastic could be a...
Yes Detlef, true, the plastic could be a replacement for an original ivory buntut, so let's just set the incongruity of plastic and rubies to one side, let's just focus on the idea that these red...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
19th January 2026, 12:27 PM
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Replies: 17
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
19th January 2026, 12:12 AM
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Replies: 17
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Yes, true, I misread it.
So, very probably...
Yes, true, I misread it.
So, very probably garnets, but in Indonesia they would be named as "mirah", be they rubies, garnets, or pastes.
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
19th January 2026, 12:07 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 6,243
That's a good summary David, but I will add one...
That's a good summary David, but I will add one little thing to just what a Naga is, the symbolism is a way of visualizing the essence of the Naga, in reality, the Naga is a force of nature that is...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
18th January 2026, 09:49 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 6,243
Yes, I would accept Naga Sasra, luk 11, as an...
Yes, I would accept Naga Sasra, luk 11, as an acceptable description, probably originally in Jogja ( Jogjakarta, Ngayogyakarta & other spellings) dress. This form is often associated with the late...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
18th January 2026, 09:37 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 4,666
A nicely done replacement.
The red stones...
A nicely done replacement.
The red stones are either pastes or garnets, if they scratch easily as you have noted, probably pastes, but that depends upon what they were scratched with, I'd get them...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
18th January 2026, 09:31 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,132
Sorry I'm late to the party Yohan.
I rather...
Sorry I'm late to the party Yohan.
I rather like this piece of work, not as a keris, but as piece of folk art.
There are many ways in which to think about the keris, one of those ways is as...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
22nd December 2025, 10:51 PM
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Replies: 4
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
18th December 2025, 12:08 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 11,497
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
16th December 2025, 02:30 AM
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Replies: 13
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I guess the answer to that question is:-...
I guess the answer to that question is:- "significant to whom?"
At the present time, & for a long time in the immediate past it seems that the Surakarta style of wrongko, both gayam & ladrang, has...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
15th December 2025, 08:03 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 11,497
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
15th December 2025, 11:34 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 19,596
Yes Gustav, that would be about right --- I'm...
Yes Gustav, that would be about right --- I'm quite a bit more than 80 years of age, additionally, I'm not really all that interested in the dated history of creating patterns in ferric material, but...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
14th December 2025, 09:49 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 19,596
Not at all an elaborate response Gustav, what I...
Not at all an elaborate response Gustav, what I have written, I consider to be very simple & very basic. It took me a long time to write it, because my initial response was far too long and far too...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
14th December 2025, 06:04 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 19,596
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
13th December 2025, 09:45 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 11,497
Alan is unable to put a name on this pendok...
Alan is unable to put a name on this pendok motif, overall it looks like a Banyumas pendok, but it is not really out of place matched to this wrongko. It might be silver, might be mamas, no way of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th December 2025, 07:23 AM
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Replies: 23
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Ian, as with Jim & Bob, I am of he opinion that...
Ian, as with Jim & Bob, I am of he opinion that this would be a very worthwhile undertaking, however it is an area that is not of any interest to me at the present time --- I still have an immense...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th December 2025, 09:03 PM
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Replies: 21
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Thank you Ian, yes, this is more or less how I...
Thank you Ian, yes, this is more or less how I understood your post that began this thread, & that is an idea that has made it very difficult for me to come to terms with the concepts involved in the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th December 2025, 11:59 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 14,156
I have understood this thread as one that is...
I have understood this thread as one that is directed at the unintentional artistry of edged weapons, rather than the artistry of edged weapons.
Some edged weapons are intended as expressions of...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
5th December 2025, 10:12 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 19,596
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
5th December 2025, 11:47 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 19,596
In every keris classification there are...
In every keris classification there are variations from maker to maker & from period to period within the life of the same maker, and over a period of time that covers the entire classification, in...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
5th December 2025, 12:25 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 19,596
This is a brief summary taken from Surakarta...
This is a brief summary taken from Surakarta sources of indicators for a keris blade made in Madura:-
coarse iron,
thick pamor, distinct step from iron to contrasting pamor material ( this is...
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