Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
13th July 2025, 01:29 AM
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Replies: 15
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Adam, anything is possible.
In so far as...
Adam, anything is possible.
In so far as societies where many, or perhaps most, of the population subscribe to the concept that we could perhaps refer to as the "magical world view", it can be...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
10th July 2025, 02:15 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,268
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
9th July 2025, 11:28 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,268
I've seen that form in metal Gustav, one of the...
I've seen that form in metal Gustav, one of the ones that I have seen, originally had a little cup & the turned stem had the same form as your wooden one, but that little cup had a big piece missing....
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
9th July 2025, 05:03 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,268
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
9th July 2025, 01:50 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,268
Thanks Adam.
Yes, I can see all the little...
Thanks Adam.
Yes, I can see all the little patches, I can also see a spot of some sort of filling agent. That fill is most likely to be a fill where somebody has drilled the tang hole too deep &...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
8th July 2025, 05:23 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,268
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
3rd July 2025, 04:33 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,396
Gustav, you have very nicely given a perfect...
Gustav, you have very nicely given a perfect example of something that I believe most of us understand:- it is very difficult, sometimes impossible to provide supportable comment on an object in the...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
2nd July 2025, 04:28 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,396
Gustav, please see my post #12, this is what I...
Gustav, please see my post #12, this is what I wrote relevant to the kekandikan form:-
"Gustav, I do not know a Javanese wrongko form that has the same or similar form to a Balinese kekandikan.
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
1st July 2025, 02:57 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,396
Gustav, I would greatly appreciate it if you...
Gustav, I would greatly appreciate it if you would very carefully read my previous posts again. It would be rewarding if you would try to clearly understand what I have written, you might find that I...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
1st July 2025, 09:51 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,396
Gustav, I do not know a Javanese wrongko form...
Gustav, I do not know a Javanese wrongko form that has the same or similar form to a Balinese kekandikan.
This is not to say that such a Javanese wrongko form has never existed, it is to say that...
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Forum: Swap Forum
1st July 2025, 04:39 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,725
Keris List 88
Catalogue 88 has now completed and has been removed from my site.
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Forum: Keris Swap Forum
1st July 2025, 04:38 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,807
Keris List 88
Catalogue 88 has now completed and has been removed from my site.
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
1st July 2025, 12:49 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,396
Balinese keris hilts that have a selut-like...
Balinese keris hilts that have a selut-like fitting or a cup that encloses the lower end of the hilt are not uncommon, what is uncommon, to the point of not being known by a couple of very...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
30th June 2025, 01:09 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,396
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
30th June 2025, 03:00 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,396
Gustav, I did not reply to your questions...
Gustav, I did not reply to your questions immediately because I wanted to speak with two Balinese friends who know far more than I do about Balinese keris.
I now have their input.
In your...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
25th June 2025, 05:02 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 889
Nice old keris Jaga. Any wrongko?
We are...
Nice old keris Jaga. Any wrongko?
We are looking at a remnant pamor motif here, & what we are seeing is not the complete motif. We can see that the "leaves" of the motif are offset , so I doubt...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
18th June 2025, 08:32 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,137
Yes.
The blades with integral hilts are...
Yes.
The blades with integral hilts are keris that are used in ceremonies as offering keris. The ceremonies they are used in varies from place to place and the way in which they are used varies...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
18th June 2025, 08:18 AM
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Replies: 17
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There are two, let us say, "divisions"of pamor....
There are two, let us say, "divisions"of pamor. Mlumah is made by forge welding & folding a piece of contrasting material between pieces of ferric material, in olden times that ferric material was...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
18th June 2025, 04:03 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 13,278
True Hugh.
and wos wutah also has a...
True Hugh.
and wos wutah also has a talismanic value, which is that the custodian of the wos wutah keris will always have sufficient to eat & not know hunger.
wos wutah is known as "mlumah" =...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
18th June 2025, 01:02 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 13,278
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Forum: Swap Forum
13th June 2025, 05:14 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,725
Tosanaji Keris List 88
On Monday 16th June 2025, after 6am Sydney, Australia time, Keris List #88 from Tosanaji should be available for viewing on the Tosanaji website:-
www.kerisattosanaji.com
There will be a link...
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Forum: Keris Swap Forum
13th June 2025, 05:13 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,807
Tosanaji Keris list 88
On Monday 16th June 2025, after 6am Sydney, Australia time, Keris List #88 from Tosanaji should be available for viewing on the Tosanaji website:-
www.kerisattosanaji.com
There will be a link...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
8th June 2025, 09:15 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 15,808
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
8th June 2025, 01:25 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 15,808
Thank you for showing these images Detlef.
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Thank you for showing these images Detlef.
I'm probably not going to win any friends with these following comments, so I'll apologise in advance.
I do agree that the joining of the wood and the...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
7th June 2025, 12:38 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 4,796
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