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Old 7th April 2014, 10:16 AM   #1
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I found this keris 6 months ago in Purworejo in central java
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in a dark corner in someone's home that keris sheath made
the pendok is made of silver and weighs about an ounce
Handels is made from Ivory
selut and mendak silver
the pamor is buntil mayit
en the dapur I think will be Bungkem

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Old 7th April 2014, 04:55 PM   #2
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Nice keris Semar with a very unusual kembang kacang!

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Old 7th April 2014, 06:32 PM   #3
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Well that's a lovely ensemble. I find it rather attractive. Hope you don't mind if i orient your photo a bit differently. Always easier to read a photo of a keris in this orientation and allows us to better understand the "bow" or forward lead of the blade. Perhaps someone can help me with the Javanese term for that feature which i seem to have forgotten.
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Old 7th April 2014, 08:28 PM   #4
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Most people I know refer to the blade angle as "condong lele":- "condong lelenya" :- "its angle"
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Old 7th April 2014, 08:44 PM   #5
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Quote:
Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey
Most people I know refer to the blade angle as "condign lele":- "condign lelenya" :- "its angle"
Thanks Alan, that's what i was looking for. Getting old is a beautiful, terrible thing…
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Old 7th April 2014, 08:47 PM   #6
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OK, really weird that when i hit "quote" to repeat your post at the top of my response it changed your spelling of condong to condign. Damn auto-correct!
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Old 8th April 2014, 12:36 AM   #7
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hello Detlef

this kind of kembang kacang the call it Bungkum

no problem David this way the keris look nice to hahaha


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Old 8th April 2014, 05:38 AM   #8
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David, in most cases, getting old is a whole lot better than the alternative.
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Old 8th April 2014, 01:33 PM   #9
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Very conscious pattern...note how the offset waves have a pamor "island" (for lack of a better word) at the apex of ever direction change.
This means the empu either planned that in the beginning or worked with that for the final shaping of the blade.

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Old 16th April 2014, 01:31 PM   #10
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Very nice !!
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