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Old 30th November 2014, 10:12 PM   #1
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Kacip made of pamor are new, when these appear to be old, they have been processed to make them appear thus. They started to appear when prices went crazy on these things a few years ago. These pamor kacip are definitely specifically manufactured souvenir items.

We don't really need any inside info , nor special understanding to realise this:- the purpose of kacip is to cut:- steel is hard, pamor is soft. Do we make scissors from hard material or soft material?

Genuine kacip are no longer made.

Why?

Because people have come to realise the physical damage that sirih does and it has simply gone out of favour.

Frankly, I cannot distinguish between kacip from various places, but all of these were bought in Jawa, and most were bought privately from ordinary people, not dealers, some came from Pare and Malang in Jatim, some came from Solo.

None have been stained, nor have they been cleaned, they are exactly as I bought them.
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Old 12th March 2016, 04:41 PM   #2
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One of my 7 Kacip (6 javanese or balinese and 1 burmese) is very similar to one of yours. It was purchased in the fifties in Jakarta by its previous owner.
But on the internet I have often read that inlaid kacip with lion or horse design have a Balinese origin.

I have not found on the forum more topic about the kacip. I'm surprised because they http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/attach...49205&stc=1are a very aesthetic objects and sometimes very sophisticated.
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Another Kacip from my collection, (17cm, iron, silver and brass).
I suspect that at the origin there wasn't the crest brass or silver on the head.
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