Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
10th December 2023, 09:18 PM
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Montino, I visit Indonesia regularly, the usual...
Montino, I visit Indonesia regularly, the usual is at least once each year and for two or three months. These days I spend about equal time in Jawa & Bali, and I left the tourist circuit many, many...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
10th December 2023, 11:30 AM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
4th November 2022, 02:41 AM
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Replies: 26
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Thanks for that Kai.
I did a quick search...
Thanks for that Kai.
I did a quick search but I could not find where I'd posted it.
As I wrote in my previous post I did not really make a connection when I saw the statue, I was too busy...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
3rd November 2022, 10:43 PM
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Replies: 26
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Thank you for your comments Bob.
Gustav cut...
Thank you for your comments Bob.
Gustav cut through what I had hoped was going to be a few pages of group investigation, keeping interested parties busy thinking through propositions and coming to...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
3rd November 2022, 09:55 PM
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Replies: 26
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Yes Gustav, precisely so.
This statue is...
Yes Gustav, precisely so.
This statue is located in the museum at Trowulan, the site of the capital of Majapahit. I visited this museum and took a number of photographs of this statue on 3rd....
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
3rd November 2022, 12:48 PM
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Replies: 26
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Thank you for your comments JYS.
In fact,...
Thank you for your comments JYS.
In fact, I've been looking at pictures of that Knaud for years, I mean literally years. I've probably looked at The Knaud pictures more than I've looked at any...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
3rd November 2022, 07:08 AM
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Replies: 26
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Perhaps we might consider the dimensions &...
Perhaps we might consider the dimensions & proportions?
Does this keris have a separate gonjo or is gonjo iras?
Have we looked closely at the pesi?
Have we considered the actual blade...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
3rd November 2022, 05:01 AM
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Replies: 26
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Those comments of yours are very pertinent JG....
Those comments of yours are very pertinent JG. Your own socio-cultural background has permitted you to immediately see one of the major fault-lines in the Knaud argument.
In fact, David Van Duuren...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
3rd November 2022, 02:47 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 9,070
There is a number impressed or engraved on the...
There is a number impressed or engraved on the keris blade that has been written in one of the ways that dates were written during the Majapahit era.
Most people assume that this date was placed...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
3rd November 2022, 01:14 AM
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Replies: 26
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Thank you for your comment Lief.
I'm hoping...
Thank you for your comment Lief.
I'm hoping that some people with knowledge of early keris, and marketing practice in Jawa, and indeed, marketing practice to collectors in the rest of the world,...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
2nd November 2022, 01:39 AM
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Replies: 26
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Thanks Rick.
I considered putting up...
Thanks Rick.
I considered putting up something like this, but I figured that somebody would need to already know what The Knaud is before they can answer.
But that little introduction itself is...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
1st November 2022, 09:56 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 9,070
The Knaud
Earlier this year David Van Duuren's new book on the Knaud Keris was published.
It is a book that has been written using the notes and research that Mr. Van Duuren prepared & carried out twenty...
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