Forum: Keris Swap Forum
27th January 2017, 03:43 AM
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Replies: 4
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No keris for sale....
One month has passed and...
No keris for sale....
One month has passed and unfortunately I could not add but one single piece to my collection.
But I do not loose my hope, this is the spirit of collecting : have faith and...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
22nd January 2017, 05:39 PM
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Replies: 19
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
21st January 2017, 04:17 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 9,541
Sorry, rectification : looking closer and...
Sorry, rectification : looking closer and magnifying the pictures, I think that the hilt is older than I wrote previously : could be 100 to 180 years old, if it is elephant ivory.
Let me insist that...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
21st January 2017, 04:12 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 9,541
Very nice hilt indeed !!
It seems to be...
Very nice hilt indeed !!
It seems to be elephant ivory; closer pictures would help to identify Schreger lines.
Maybe not so old, vintage I guess (less than 70 years old), but nicely done with a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th January 2017, 11:43 PM
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Replies: 57
Views: 355,260
Hello Jose,
What a nightmare !!
I feel...
Hello Jose,
What a nightmare !!
I feel so sorry for you and, as a collector, I can imagine how desperate you are.
Please let me add words from others as we all feel the same : I too will...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
3rd January 2017, 05:30 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 4,095
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Forum: Keris Swap Forum
27th December 2016, 12:01 AM
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Replies: 4
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Forum: Keris Swap Forum
26th December 2016, 11:52 PM
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Forum: Keris Swap Forum
26th December 2016, 06:53 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 6,744
Keris Hilts Wanted
I am always looking for antique keris hilts made of different or odd material such as marine ivory, hippo tusk, shell, whale bone, whale tooth etc....
May I leave my email address here ? I don't...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
26th December 2016, 06:34 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 6,329
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
3rd October 2016, 05:09 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 5,203
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
28th February 2016, 03:42 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,534
Great !!
Thank you Alan for such a precious recommendation.
I've ordered the book...
I remember Bali when I went there in 1972.
Everyone can imagine how it was. Two little but very significant details at...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
9th February 2016, 04:05 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 6,945
Thank you !!
Hello Detlef,
Nice pieces indeed.
Thanks again for your help.
Best from Rio,
Patrick
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
1st February 2016, 08:23 PM
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Replies: 14
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
1st February 2016, 08:20 PM
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Replies: 14
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
1st February 2016, 05:25 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 6,945
Thank you !!
Thank you David and Detlef for your precious information.
As it seems, and I think it is absolutely correct, that the usual slim Kojuk Mrenges hilt will fit perfectly for small hands.
So, could...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
30th January 2016, 05:41 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 6,945
Slim Kojuk Mrenges Keris Hilt from Madura
I recently bought a Kojuk Mrenges keris hilt, made in Madura Island and believed to be very old elephant ivory. I am very curious about his size. As far as I understand, there are basically 2 types...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
11th January 2016, 04:49 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 5,780
Thank you very much for your expertise on this...
Thank you very much for your expertise on this question. I would have thought that ceramic or stone hilts, being made with different materials from the usual and already well known ones, could be...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
5th January 2016, 05:32 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 5,780
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
5th January 2016, 05:25 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 4,757
HAPPY 2016 !!!
Happy New Year, Peace, Health and Luck in collecting precious pieces to all members of this forum.
From Rio, Brazil.
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
5th January 2016, 05:23 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 14,390
Bone, 100%
The striations, small parallel lines visible all over the hilt, are the "scars" of the blood vessels when the bone was alive, part of a living creature.
In my opinion, this is the most important and...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
5th January 2016, 05:08 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 14,390
Bone, 100%
My vote is bone, absolutely not tooth, antler, elephant or marine ivory.
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
29th June 2015, 09:36 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 6,500
THANK YOU !!
Thank you very much indeed, Battara, Rick and Maisley for your comments.
Always useful to get precise information; this is how we learn and collecting is a practical way for knowledge. I was very...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
25th June 2015, 11:10 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 6,500
Unknown Wooden Keris Hilt
http://Unknown Wood Keris Hilt
Can some experts on this site give me some information about the keris hilt, pictures attached, representing a Praying Figure Seated on 5 Skulls, bought some days ago...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
3rd June 2015, 02:39 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 6,565
Hi Blue Lander,
Yes you are absolutely right....
Hi Blue Lander,
Yes you are absolutely right. You are supposed, as a collector, to re-establish the piece as close as it was when it was created. So, probably Javanese - my "nose" says but I can't...
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