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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Thanks for coming in there Kai. I've not tried to etch the blade... looks plain beneath the patina. It does have great distal taper and very robust... a simple and very effective 8cm long blade... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() I've always thought this to be of Patanni origins, Northern Malay border states. Does anyone have definitive knowledge as to the origins of this knife. With thanks Gavin |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Gavin Nugent
![]() Adding this for visual references from a 2006 sale. By appearances they were coveted weapons. Gavin |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Gavin Nugent
![]() Thanks Jeff. I doubt its designed for horse combat but perhaps it could be :shrug: I think perhaps more a case of get the hell out of my reach or be cut in two... the blade is simply amazing with... |
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
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Gavin Nugent
![]() Not from the net but from my film role, from the Barong dance. Apart from Weddings noted, I've images of keris worn in funeral processions too. Gavin |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Gavin Nugent
![]() Achang Dah comes to mind Jeff, one from my collection in the link below. http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showpost.php?p=179359&postcount=9 Gavin |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Gavin Nugent
![]() North African tourist wares these are most commonly referred to as Stu, Touareg I believe. Gavin |
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
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Gavin Nugent
![]() This Kocet-Kocetan example is held in the Denpasar Museum. Gavin |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Gavin Nugent
![]() Jeffs, Stu is totally on track in his responses about conservation. Exercise patience, weeks or more or patience if you need to. Get yourself a good bronze brush too, it will help the process... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Gavin Nugent
![]() G'day Jim, I've had a look through half a dozen volumes here, just a cursory glance and not too much of a deep dive read. Sir James Mann, Wallace Collection catalogues Vol II, entries A545, A557,... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Gavin Nugent
![]() As requested. Twisted pesi with a small hook to the very end, I suspect the hook was to help keep it in place when resin set? Gavin |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Gavin Nugent
![]() Hi Alan, See below the detail mentioned.... I think better placed here than a new thread unless others think its worth discussing separately or within the Keris forum. Gavin |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Gavin Nugent
![]() Its always nice to find the spear heads with the covers, nicer still to find full complete spears. He is a little detail extract from one sitting here on my desk. Alan, how common was it to have... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Gavin Nugent
![]() It may well be a dress related item Rick :shrug: There is a small paragraph within this Wiki page that may turn up better data if the few references cited are investigated :shrug:... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Gavin Nugent
![]() As an FYI on the subject of plastics in these circles, I have in my possession a Terrs buckler made in some sort of polymer. It is a very faithful rendition, being of exact tolerances and... |
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
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Gavin Nugent
![]() Thanks Alan. The mystery continues.... I did forget to note the length, 34cms to the pesi. Gavin |
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
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Gavin Nugent
![]() Alan, Images as request, I hope they suffice. In answer to your questions; I am unsure if the blade is laminated. At first I suspected it was cast steel, not forged. Then, under magnification... |
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
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Gavin Nugent
![]() The good, the bad and the ugly... I have no idea what I have here. Its been with me for years and came from an old French collection and if I recall correctly, in totally busted, what I thought... |
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
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Gavin Nugent
![]() Thanks Alan, Your posts are very educational. The last paragraph above again helped me understand more on the subtleties, thank you for the perspective. A lot of it all eludes me but every now and... |
Forum: Swap Forum
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Gavin Nugent
![]() Wanting to add to my existing collection of Central Asian knives. Wanting to buy Central Asian knives, with or without sheaths, simple or exotic. PM me or email me through the forum. With... |
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
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Gavin Nugent
![]() One complex world indeed. tangguh Surakarta for what my 10 cents is worth.... although, and I write this without any real classification working knowledge, just a "stab" in the dark so to speak....... |
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
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Gavin Nugent
![]() Spaces between the blade's base and the gonjo. There seems to be no rhyme nor reason when I see the amount or variance across Malay keris. I don't see the variance in Java examples. All Java keris... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Gavin Nugent
![]() I felt other members or moderators may have picked up on this :( Images and details courtesy of VK Kunwor. From the Facebook International Kukri Research & Historical Society page. Dear friends... |
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
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Gavin Nugent
![]() Amen to that. PM for your queries, I am mailing out weekly and receiving often too. No hurdle too large that it cannot be managed easily and with current systems and restrictions in place, its all... |
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