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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 15th November 2011, 02:25 PM
Replies: 18
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Posted By sjors
Realising we are a little bit spoiled with...

Realising we are a little bit spoiled with kerisses in the Netherlands I'am sorry to say but I couldn't agree more: this type of wrongko is very common and very easily found in the Netherlands. ...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 1st October 2009, 07:39 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 10,839
Posted By sjors
And here's mine! :D

And here's mine! :D
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 13th July 2009, 09:26 PM
Replies: 135
Views: 86,103
Posted By sjors
Thanks Sajen, Doesn't matter! Two packets...

Thanks Sajen,

Doesn't matter! Two packets of cigarettes, (in spite of the fact that I don"t smoke) would have cost me more!
So it's allways a bargain! :D

You'r probably right, maybe not what...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 13th July 2009, 02:17 PM
Replies: 135
Views: 86,103
Posted By sjors
I suppose this is a Donoriko too?. I would like...

I suppose this is a Donoriko too?. I would like to know, so if would be so kind to can help me, please:)
I bought this ukiran only yesterday (with a lot of dirt and grease but it looked okay to me)...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 13th July 2009, 07:29 AM
Replies: 41
Views: 21,484
Posted By sjors
I realy like these small keris. I hereby send a...

I realy like these small keris. I hereby send a picture of two small keris of mine.
The "big" one has a blade length of 29 cm, the middle blade is 19 cm long and the smallest one has a blade lenght...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 8th June 2009, 08:18 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 6,535
Posted By sjors
Jalan Slamet Riyadi

Thank you very much Mr. Maisey for the pictures of Musium Radya Pustaka; it brings back memories.
15 years ago I stayed at the Hotel Dana at Jl. Slamet Riyadi for some time, so I only had to cross...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 27th February 2009, 06:30 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 5,022
Posted By sjors
I was wondering because the kerisses I brought...

I was wondering because the kerisses I brought home from Indonesia were allways just in my luggage and I never got any customsproblems about it... :confused:

Okay, sorry, doesn't matter... :D ...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 26th February 2009, 03:00 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 5,022
Posted By sjors
Why are keris and wrangka sent separately? ...

Why are keris and wrangka sent separately?
Customs or something like that?
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 24th February 2009, 06:53 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 4,519
Posted By sjors
Hello Freddy, It looks to me the far end of...

Hello Freddy,

It looks to me the far end of the tip has been broken or something like that and is reshaped afterwards ...

Looking at the "structure" of the metal, I also have the feeling this...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 31st January 2009, 06:20 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 6,875
Posted By sjors
I'm sorry, I don't want to be blunt and off...

I'm sorry, I don't want to be blunt and off course I'm not sure but looking at the picture I've the feeling this "combong" is quite "recent", a later on fabricated combong... Not made by an Empu!...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 13th January 2009, 03:11 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 5,406
Posted By sjors
Dear Ganjawulung, you're right, station is the...

Dear Ganjawulung, you're right, station is the proper Dutch word...
(and in real the Indonesian pronouncation sounds even more like the Dutch pronouncation then the English one :) )
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 18th September 2008, 07:38 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 13,529
Posted By sjors
Dear Mr. Maisey, Your first answer was very...

Dear Mr. Maisey,

Your first answer was very clear to me; I only tried to explain the reason why I asked that question or brought up the subject. Sorry about that...

@Marcokeris
I was wondering...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 17th September 2008, 08:16 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 13,529
Posted By sjors
Gentlemen, thank you for your detailed answers, ...

Gentlemen, thank you for your detailed answers,

It was certainly not my intention to start a discussion about the question: "What is good or bad, art or not or what is beautifull" because simply...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 16th September 2008, 09:35 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 13,529
Posted By sjors
I'm afraid so, I included another "example of...

I'm afraid so, I included another "example of fine art"
OK, we all agree they are cheap and ugly but are they cheap and ugly keris or just cheap and ugly pieces of junk (or both)? :p
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 16th September 2008, 04:26 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 13,529
Posted By sjors
very true... And still I'm wondering; what...

very true...
And still I'm wondering; what about the pasarkeris?
I own a few touristic kerises; not the kind made out of sheet metal sold nowadays to tourists for 5 dollars but the kind sold to...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 15th September 2008, 07:26 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 13,529
Posted By sjors
Believe me, it allways can be worse! Here's...

Believe me, it allways can be worse!

Here's a "9 luk kerissword" :eek:
I think its pamor is called "Pamor rust banyak"

It must be a stage prop or something like that because I can't imagine...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 29th August 2008, 08:27 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 3,591
Posted By sjors
Hello Rick, A Patrem? I thougt about that...

Hello Rick,

A Patrem? I thougt about that possibility but I had the impression (please correct me if I'm wrong) that most Patrem are more a kind of "shorter" version of a "normal" keris. This...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 29th August 2008, 06:37 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 3,591
Posted By sjors
very small "keris"

In 1992 I was a few weeks for business in Menteng, Jakarta and stayed there at the house of an older couple. I talked regularly with the older man, among other things, about kerissen. On the eve of...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 24th August 2008, 02:08 PM
Replies: 71
Views: 38,326
Posted By sjors
Empu Pauzan Pusposukadgo even wrote a booklet...

Empu Pauzan Pusposukadgo even wrote a booklet about "poleng wengkon" pamor. I'm proud to say he personally gave me a copy when I visited him in 1992. :)
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 18th August 2008, 06:47 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 6,902
Posted By sjors
I agree ;)

I agree ;)
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 11th August 2008, 08:50 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 14,419
Posted By sjors
another lionhead

Here's another lionhead golok.
It's in a bad shape but this is how my parents brought it to the Netherlands in 1952. The original (silver?) bands on the scabbard were all gone and some were replaced...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 9th August 2008, 04:18 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 13,494
Posted By sjors
Okay Henk it's obvious, it's always the same: you...

Okay Henk it's obvious, it's always the same: you have to choose between your relatives and your hobbies, anyway you loose :o
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 9th August 2008, 02:47 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 13,494
Posted By sjors
Thank you very much! :)

Thank you very much! :)
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 9th August 2008, 07:51 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 13,494
Posted By sjors
Dear Mr. Maisey, Would it be possible to...

Dear Mr. Maisey,

Would it be possible to publice the sulfur, salt ricewaterreceipe here?
That would be very nice :)

Thank you, Sjors
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 9th August 2008, 05:53 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 13,494
Posted By sjors
David, I was allready afraid of that :D Let...

David, I was allready afraid of that :D
Let there be no misunderstandig: I prefer the "old" way and I'm fully aware of the fact that everything is allready tried but I am just wondering what...
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