Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd April 2024, 02:54 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th April 2024, 08:43 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th April 2024, 03:55 PM
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Replies: 24
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We will have to agree to disagree here Ian. I...
We will have to agree to disagree here Ian. I believe the oldest Moro blades would display "greneng" as all these other examples presented here do show. Detlef's is the exception, but it is not a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th April 2024, 03:03 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
3rd April 2024, 05:11 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,320
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
2nd April 2024, 09:16 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
1st April 2024, 11:38 PM
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Replies: 23
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I do have to say that Alan that it's not...
I do have to say that Alan that it's not necessarily such a simple matter. Rob lives on the east coast of the USA and you can't just run out and hire a mranggi to make you a new sheath. Finding old...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th March 2024, 06:07 PM
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Replies: 24
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I could be off base as the Moro kris is really...
I could be off base as the Moro kris is really only a secondary interest for me (in spite of the fact that it was a Moro kris that indeed started me on my current addiction), but i wonder if this...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
29th March 2024, 11:59 PM
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Replies: 23
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
29th March 2024, 11:56 PM
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Replies: 30
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That's a very nice Bali keris.
I can't really...
That's a very nice Bali keris.
I can't really comment too much on your cleaning job s you photo quality isn't really showing the details very well, but they are good enough to show you acquired a...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
29th March 2024, 07:44 PM
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Replies: 23
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It might be helpful if we knew the dimensions...
It might be helpful if we knew the dimensions here. How long is this blade? Is it bigger than the average Bali blade. Obviously a sarung (wrongko) needs to be large enough to house the blade, but i'm...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
29th March 2024, 07:09 PM
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Replies: 5
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Well, i agree with most of what Milandro said,...
Well, i agree with most of what Milandro said, but while the dress is probably more recent i believe that blade is probably older than 40 years. I would judge the blade antique, the dress vintage....
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
24th March 2024, 10:07 PM
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Replies: 23
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I don't know about the hilt. I really can't see...
I don't know about the hilt. I really can't see anything Balinese in that. It seems very well made though. But i have never seen mother of pearl and nail decorations like that on Balinese or Lombok...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
24th March 2024, 07:21 PM
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Replies: 23
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Sorry, that was a typing error. As you may have...
Sorry, that was a typing error. As you may have noted, i was trying to agree with the consensus, not disagree. LOL! Not sure why i stuck that "not" in there. But yes, possibly Lombok also. Hard to...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
24th March 2024, 05:47 PM
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Replies: 23
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I don't really have much to add here and i am...
I don't really have much to add here and i am basically in agreement with Alan Milandro and Detlef.
The hilt is indeed out-of-culture, but i'm not sure it is a Western design. Something about it...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
22nd March 2024, 07:06 PM
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Replies: 8
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I understand what you mean about restorations...
I understand what you mean about restorations that end up costing many times more than the items themselves. That is why many of us endeavour to learn how to do these restorations ourselves. But...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
22nd March 2024, 03:24 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
21st March 2024, 06:56 PM
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Replies: 14
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Geoffrey, as mentioned, there are numerous...
Geoffrey, as mentioned, there are numerous threads in our archives that cover the cleaning of keris. Here in one that is pretty good, but you may want to search our archives for "keris maintenance"...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
19th March 2024, 08:35 PM
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Replies: 52
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Thanks André. These are interesting, but i am...
Thanks André. These are interesting, but i am confused about some of their methods.
In the first video they are cleaning the keris with the hilt attached, which seems very odd to me. I suppose...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
19th March 2024, 03:25 PM
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Replies: 5
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Thanks for the info regarding colour and that...
Thanks for the info regarding colour and that makes some sense. Unfortunately i don't have the hilt in hand, but i will ask my friend about the weight/density of the wood. I would image that...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th March 2024, 03:17 PM
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Replies: 6
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
19th March 2024, 03:02 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,932
Thanks for your response Alan. Is there any...
Thanks for your response Alan. Is there any particular aspect of the the hilt that opens you to such punting?
Obviously it is no master carving, but can you place this in any time period. My...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
18th March 2024, 08:13 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
18th March 2024, 08:11 PM
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Replies: 14
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Well that's a nice old soldier. I think it is...
Well that's a nice old soldier. I think it is safe to say that it is much older than the acquisition date. ;) It has, of course, seen better days, but to my eye this is a blade that was forged to a...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
18th March 2024, 05:11 PM
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Replies: 5
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Bali Hilt ID???
Hi Folks! A good friend of mine just acquired this polychromed Balinese hilt for the price of a taco in, of all places, a Central Mexican marketplace. I do realize that togogan Bali hilts are often...
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