Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
27th March 2024, 11:40 AM
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I agree Detlef, the scabbard has some age, but...
I agree Detlef, the scabbard has some age, but that is not really relevant.
That scabbard could have moved to anywhere at any time, & if it had been damaged in Bali to the point where it could not...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
25th March 2024, 12:38 AM
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Detlef, my phrasing was:-
"--- some...
Detlef, my phrasing was:-
"--- some understanding of socio-religious mores in Bali. ---"
I did not say, nor think, that the person who applied the red paint might have had a deep knowledge of...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
23rd March 2024, 08:43 PM
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I feel that I am looking at an out-of-society...
I feel that I am looking at an out-of-society reconstruction here.
The blade does appear to be Bali, the visible part of the wrongko could possibly have been produced by reshaping a damaged...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
22nd March 2024, 08:47 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
22nd March 2024, 07:37 PM
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Everything shown here is absolutely able to be...
Everything shown here is absolutely able to be brought back to life, and is well worth the small amount of work involved to do so.
Cel7, if you feel disinclined to undertake this work, perhaps you...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
21st March 2024, 08:52 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
21st March 2024, 08:49 PM
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The hilt is certainly worth some sympathetic...
The hilt is certainly worth some sympathetic attention, its main problem is severe cracking.
With cracking like this in a hilt it would be unusual for it to support a pressure fit.
If the hilt...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st March 2024, 02:49 AM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
21st March 2024, 01:57 AM
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It might be best to stick with "pesi", this is...
It might be best to stick with "pesi", this is Javanese & it means specifically the tang of a keris.
There is no word "peksy", but "peksi" is Kromo, & it means "bird", the Ngoko is "manuk".
The...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th March 2024, 09:03 PM
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Views: 1,645
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th March 2024, 08:19 PM
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Views: 1,645
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
19th March 2024, 09:49 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
19th March 2024, 08:45 PM
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Re inferior wood in hilts.
Maybe not David....
Re inferior wood in hilts.
Maybe not David. I have a number of older Bali hilts that have been carved from wood that is less than premium. I think I would be hard pushed to find a newly made hilt...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
19th March 2024, 03:33 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th March 2024, 11:03 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
18th March 2024, 10:22 PM
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More or less agreed.
Blade can be classified...
More or less agreed.
Blade can be classified as a generic Mataram style, yes, it was 11 luk.
The cecekan or patra --- the hilt carvings --- seem to be generally agreed as residual demonic...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
18th March 2024, 10:14 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th March 2024, 08:37 PM
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Comparative hardness of bronze & brass depends...
Comparative hardness of bronze & brass depends upon the alloys used, however, as a general guide, brass tests at Rockwell 55, bronze at Rockwell 42
The Javanese spelling of "tombak" is "tumbak",...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th March 2024, 01:25 PM
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Actually, the word "tombak" came into Malay &...
Actually, the word "tombak" came into Malay & also probably Kawi, thence Old Javanese, from the Sanscrit "tamra" = "copper".
There are many ways in which "tamra" can be understood in Sanscrit, &...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th March 2024, 02:26 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th March 2024, 08:18 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th March 2024, 08:53 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
11th March 2024, 12:14 AM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
10th March 2024, 10:13 PM
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Not just logical Detlef, actual as well:-
...
Not just logical Detlef, actual as well:-
think of a chocolate cake
nice, thick, rich, moist choccy cake
tastes great
now Grandma slaps thick, high qual Belgium chocolate icing onto it
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