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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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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
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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
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10th March 2024, 10:13 PM
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Not just logical Detlef, actual as well:-
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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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10th March 2024, 08:54 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th March 2024, 09:30 PM
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Sorry, I can contribute nothing worthwhile.
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Sorry, I can contribute nothing worthwhile.
I cannot count the luk in the waved tombak, the straight tombak is not really a classifiable dhapur, but even so, I think most people would take a shot...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
2nd March 2024, 11:03 PM
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See post #5:-
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See post #5:-
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?p=288412#post288412
A little more in depth info:-
https://journals.openedition.org/artefact/1996
EDIT
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
29th February 2024, 06:45 PM
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Yes YS, the edge of the blade should always be...
Yes YS, the edge of the blade should always be free of pamor, it should show a black "frame" all the way around the blade.
However, this blade does appear to be nicely welded & well sculpted. Both...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
28th February 2024, 06:43 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
27th February 2024, 09:02 PM
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This thread began with a question on...
This thread began with a question on restoration/repair of a ladrang /ladrangan wrongko, so I thought it might be of interest if we considered the name of this type of wrongko.
The name "ladrang"...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th February 2024, 07:21 PM
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The word "lapak" is Javanese, it carries the...
The word "lapak" is Javanese, it carries the meaning of "saddle" in the Ngoko level of this language; the Krama Inggil level is "kambil".
I am not inclined to give this motif shown as Batu Lapak,...
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26th February 2024, 07:29 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
26th February 2024, 07:24 PM
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Post 34 --- all true Gustav, the name used in...
Post 34 --- all true Gustav, the name used in Jogja for a ladrangan wrongko is branggah, it has a different name in Bali, & a different name in Madura, the forms are all marginally different, but...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
26th February 2024, 12:01 PM
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Re Post #31.
I have seen other keris with...
Re Post #31.
I have seen other keris with that little bit of floral carving at the end of the gandar, I've forgotten where they were from, I think probably Madura. They were old, not recent...
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