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|  21st May 2006, 02:41 PM | #1 | 
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			This is fun! Though i wonder just how far one can stretch the imagination and still refer to the pamor as tiban. Thanks for the outline work Shahrial, but i think i would actually rather see these without to be able to judge better for myself just how obvious the pattern is. That last one you link to is particularly cool. I realize it isn't your keris, but do you have any idea is the blade is really rosy pink at the base as it appears, or is that just a trick of the light? | 
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|  21st May 2006, 02:55 PM | #2 | |
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				 |  pamor pics... Quote: 
   Tiban literally means unplanned. What you're seeing is supposedly pamor Raja Gundala, afaik. Just to clarify.   | |
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|  21st May 2006, 03:05 PM | #3 | 
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			Ah.... then perhaps Tengkurizan might be able to provide a undoctored photo (or maybe there already is one in the full grouping of the photos of this keris). I am aware of the meaning of Tiban, but thanks for the clarification.....and it's too bad that pink is only a trick of the light, or it would really be an interesting find.   | 
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|  21st May 2006, 03:41 PM | #4 | 
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			These are the sample of Raja Gundala pamor too. I have 7 blades which have raja gundala pamor. In this picture you will find the figure of the " puthut ".  In this picture you will find 2 raja gundala pamor. The first one is in the " sor-soran"...you will find the figure of sitting tiger. ( this is raja gundala pamor ???? ) The second one is in the middle of blade ( near the top of picture )...you will find the figure of ghost. ( this is real raja gundala pamor ).  In this picture you will find the figure of human ( or Ghost? ) in the top of sogokan. In my imagination is look like "wali"...look at the hat...and look the hand with "chi" ready to send hehehehe.   | 
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|  21st May 2006, 04:10 PM | #5 | 
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			Thanks fror the pictures Satria. Is the first one truly and example of Raja Gundala? It appears to be accentuated with carving, not merely the pamor itself.
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|  21st May 2006, 04:53 PM | #6 | |
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				 |   Quote: 
 That is not carving....actually in the edge of body of puthut figure is the line of sogokan. Sorry the picture is not good enough. This is the other side of that "sor-soran".....still puthut figure too but not so clear like the other one.This picture is not good enough too.....sorry.   | |
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|  21st May 2006, 10:16 PM | #7 | 
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			Being skeptical about the first  Raja Gundala figure being unimproved myself ; it's just too realistic . The other side does look more naturally occurring ; no insult intended here Satria . I'm interested in finding out more about this ; but it seems to me as a Westerner that these interpretations of random pamor patterns are pretty subjective . As I said on this subject in my earlier post " like interpreting the shapes of clouds " ; it's in the eye of the beholder . | 
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