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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 10th May 2009, 08:17 AM
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Posted By Mefidk
Thank you very much for the information. I'm glad...

Thank you very much for the information. I'm glad the swords were not swapped for junk :)

The kingfisher hilt was the reason I bought the second piece. I was told later by another collector that...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 9th May 2009, 06:36 PM
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Views: 12,150
Posted By Mefidk
Fledgling keris collector first purchases

Hi folks

I was wandering round my local (Danish) weapons fair a couple of weeks ago looking very hard for interesting ethnographic swords from India or Indonesia, but finding only very many local...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th April 2009, 12:26 PM
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Posted By Mefidk
Thanks Emanuel - I trackled down the thread that...

Thanks Emanuel - I trackled down the thread that the graphic came from. It was by RhysMichael and although I'd not be entirely convinced by the hulu Iku Ite resemblance in the graphic (which also...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th April 2009, 06:47 PM
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Posted By Mefidk
Thanks semar. Yours certainly does look...

Thanks semar.

Yours certainly does look very much like my piece so I'm happy to call mine a Sumatran klewang :)

But I wonder is it possible to get any further with this. For example does the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th April 2009, 01:57 PM
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Posted By Mefidk
Arrow Pedang III from Aceh?

Hi folks.

I wonder if anyone could help with some details about this piece? I believe this comes from Aceh but I have a few queries (just as likely daft beginners questions).

Firstly I have...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th April 2009, 07:06 AM
Replies: 51
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Posted By Mefidk
Thanks folks. I guess this last post pretty well...

Thanks folks. I guess this last post pretty well clears this up. I certainly would not trust this blade in a fight against anything bigger than a rabbit, so a decorative item would fit well.

I'll...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th April 2009, 06:29 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 43,422
Posted By Mefidk
Question Tulwar-hilted kukri information

I have recently obtained this tulwar-hilted kukri. I wondered if anyone could tell me something about it? I can see a virtually identical one (except for the centre picture) on page 385 of Islamic...
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