Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
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How long is the blade, how long overall?
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How long is the blade, how long overall?
Looking at the two keris, side by side, I'd probably call this a patrem, provided the other keris is normal.
If requested a m'ranggi will use whatever...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
7th May 2024, 11:57 PM
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Yes, there were keris with luk in the late...
Yes, there were keris with luk in the late pre-Islamic period, but at that time the bladed weapon that we now know as "keris/kris" was something that would have been restricted to the elites.
The...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th May 2024, 09:33 PM
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Motifs I do have high interest in, woods not so...
Motifs I do have high interest in, woods not so much. This is perhaps due to my principal interest being in Jawa & Bali, & Jawa has used imported woods for many years and until the present. Knowing...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th May 2024, 02:34 AM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
7th May 2024, 02:28 AM
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Yes, a sajen, no trace of Sombro in it.
Yes,...
Yes, a sajen, no trace of Sombro in it.
Yes, old, but after the common use & understanding of the waved keris as a societal icon, so after the spread into general society of the waved keris, &...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th May 2024, 08:28 AM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
5th May 2024, 09:48 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th May 2024, 01:35 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th May 2024, 12:12 AM
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Thank you Athanase & Kino.
We now have a...
Thank you Athanase & Kino.
We now have a pretty good collection of opinions here, & combined with the ones that I already had prior to beginning this thread we have certainly covered a wide area. ...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
4th May 2024, 09:31 PM
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This is a 100% Madura keris.
It dates from...
This is a 100% Madura keris.
It dates from after 1991, probably long after 1991.
The character in the sorsoran is the Unicode text form for "Allah", it is missing one element, but it is very...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
4th May 2024, 09:15 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th May 2024, 12:31 AM
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Thank you Kai & Ian.
Ian, the rest of the...
Thank you Kai & Ian.
Ian, the rest of the stem section of the hilt is exactly the same as you can see in the photograph. Faceted hilts are very common in Indonesia, especially in Jawa, the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd May 2024, 10:32 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd May 2024, 09:37 PM
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Thank you gentlemen.
Your responses...
Thank you gentlemen.
Your responses demonstrate the problem I have had to the present time.
Hopefully a few more people might like to post a confident opinion.
Is anybody able to nominate an...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd May 2024, 11:58 PM
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Hilt Identification
Here is a photo of a dagger hilt.
It is from Indonesia, & when I acquired it, it had a label attached by a previous owner that gave date & place of acquisition, I have not included the complete...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
30th April 2024, 01:56 AM
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Yes, Madura or possibly somewhere else in East...
Yes, Madura or possibly somewhere else in East Jawa, like maybe Malang or between Malang & Surabaya.
That's the blade, the wrongko could come from a number of places, but all probably within East...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
29th April 2024, 01:01 AM
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This hammer looks pretty similar to a hammer...
This hammer looks pretty similar to a hammer owned by a fencer I used to know. He had it made by the local smith --- this was 1950's, when we still had smiths in country towns.
He put up rural...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
28th April 2024, 09:54 PM
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Yes, this is a Sombro.
We do not apply...
Yes, this is a Sombro.
We do not apply tangguh indicators to this form of keris, Keris Sombro is sufficient.
Within Javanese culture & society these keris are considered to be amulets, people...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th April 2024, 01:28 PM
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Ian, there is no visible indication that would...
Ian, there is no visible indication that would lead me to an opinion that the hilt ever looked any different to the way it looks now.
A very well known authority on Moro weaponry did voice the...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
26th April 2024, 02:30 AM
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It might be a Sombro.
try removing the hilt,...
It might be a Sombro.
try removing the hilt, it is likely to be only a pressure fit, the tang wound with thread or cloth, if it is tight & difficult to remove, leave it . But if you can remove the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th April 2024, 11:48 PM
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Here is another one in as found condition.
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Here is another one in as found condition.
I've had it about 60 years, never felt the urge to restore.
The lines on the gandar are lengths of steel wire, exist on both sides.
Overall...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th April 2024, 01:15 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
11th April 2024, 11:49 PM
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Martin, if a blade is dressed correctly --- by...
Martin, if a blade is dressed correctly --- by "dressed" I mean physical imperfections removed --- we would not expect to see tool marks, & this redressing would also explain the lack of erosion at...
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