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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
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Views: 720
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Rafngard
![]() Alan, Thank you for this. I think there's an important lesson here. |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 19
Views: 951
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 19
Views: 951
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Rafngard
![]() Here's my K(e)rismas photo from last year, featuring three of my favorite pieces. Season's greetings, Leif |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 11
Views: 937
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Rafngard
![]() This is mostly pedantic, but I can hear my Somali teacher yelling when I read this. The Issa are a clan ("qabil" is the Somali word), not a tribe. There is only one Somali tribe. ...that said a lot... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 11
Views: 937
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Rafngard
![]() Fantastic research. For what it's worth, I've met at least one person who was half Afar and half Somali. So at least presently, there is some intermixing. I can't remember which parent was which,... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,289
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Rafngard
![]() I don't have a whole lot of experience with international shipping, but I did recently successfully send an old garab to the Philippines labeled as "antique farming equipment." Have fun, Leif |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,172
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Rafngard
![]() "Cabang" is the term used in pencak silat, right? I'm asking in part, because I've been participating in an online silat class presently with a Bruneian (and thus Malay) teacher who calls this... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,172
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Rafngard
![]() This is perhaps both on and off topic, but I was recently struck by how Stormbringer and Mournblade bare some resemblance to Keris and/or other Tosan aji, and wondered if Moorcock might have been... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,976
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Rafngard
![]() Hello Detlef, I know you've seen one of these before, but I have near twins of your two examples in my collection. Have fun, Leif |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,801
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Rafngard
![]() That is a really interesting piece. I don't think I've ever seen anything like it. |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,801
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Rafngard
![]() You should definitely take Sajen's word over mine on everything! |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,801
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Rafngard
![]() I'm sure members with more experience than I will chime in, but to my eye it looks like elephant ivory, and overall, a really beautiful specimen. |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,546
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Rafngard
![]() I am far from an expert, but my first impression is definitely that this is recent, made in Tugaya, and made for those who travel. Have fun, Leif |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,383
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Rafngard
![]() Hello Ian, the pictures don't convey it well, but the hilt is made entirely of a very tarnished, non-magnetic metal. I assume brass. yes, via the surprisingly large circular structure near the... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,383
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Rafngard
![]() I haven't had a chance to clean it up yet, or get better photos (these are from the seller), but here's a similar piece that I recently picked. Aside from the string/fiber in the "gaps", the hilt is... |
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
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Replies: 11
Views: 3,391
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Rafngard
![]() Something I know from the martial arts world feels relevant here. "We're all beginners here; some of us have just been beginners longer." Have fun, Leif |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 27
Views: 4,454
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Rafngard
![]() I know a few people in the American FMA community that just LOVE TFW swords. I've handled a couple, and yeah, they seem good quality, but they really just don't look right, and in the hand, they... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,227
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Rafngard
![]() I am very grateful for all the marvelous American FMA teachers I have learned from. I also really want to make them all watch this video. Maybe 3 times. Thanks for making it sir! Have fun, Leif |
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,396
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Rafngard
![]() I'll leave a definitive argument to the experts, but I'm pretty sure these are all from Bali and all fairly recent. Thanks, Leif |
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,705
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Rafngard
![]() Thank you (paljon kiitoksia, suomeksi) to Mickey for asking this question. And many thanks also to David and Alan for their thoughtful, salient responses. You've all explicated a number of things... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,099
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Rafngard
![]() Hello all, Take it with a grain of salt, but one of the styles of Silat that I study (Silat Suffian Bela Diri, from Brunei, so ethnically Malay), uses a weapon with a near identical blade profile,... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 137
Views: 27,077
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Rafngard
![]() Everytime I see one of your cutting videos, I feel inspired. Once this pandemic is all over, and bottled water is normal price again, I'm going to buy a flat of them, get a couple of my old ones... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 56
Views: 16,335
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Rafngard
![]() Hello Detlef, Yes, as I go through the posts on the forum for this type, I see the questions around the name. I will keep this in mind. Thanks! Leif |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 137
Views: 27,077
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Rafngard
![]() When I first joined this forum 3.5 or so years ago, I meant to post here, but I never got around to it. 39 here, looking at forty later this year. Hopefully the world opens back up before then.... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 56
Views: 16,335
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Rafngard
![]() Mini siraui (with a bone "blade") next to a normal sized one. Enjoy! Leif |
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