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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 11th August 2012, 10:00 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 7,282
Posted By lemmythesmith
Hi Guys, I've seen the utsushi and the original...

Hi Guys, I've seen the utsushi and the original other half of the pair together "in the flesh" and you cannot tell that they are by different artists, they are stunning.

Regards, Graham.
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 17th June 2010, 10:14 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 35,247
Posted By lemmythesmith
Hi Alan, I've been meaning to reply on the new...

Hi Alan, I've been meaning to reply on the new lot of pics-got sidetracked with a work in progress (not a keris!) so.............

1-could be meteoric, I've noticed that meteoric can sometimes...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 12th June 2010, 08:28 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 35,247
Posted By lemmythesmith
Hi Alan, I'll have a go............ at getting...

Hi Alan, I'll have a go............ at getting them wrong. :D

A-mlumah, iron/nickel. Iron not washed too much.
B-mlumah, meteoric-looks similar in texture and colour to one I did.
C-mlumah,...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 28th March 2010, 04:51 PM
Replies: 75
Views: 45,975
Posted By lemmythesmith
Hi Cedric, the ivory is antique elephant that I...

Hi Cedric, the ivory is antique elephant that I managed to get hold of long before the current ban. I tend to carve with a dremel with small burr cutters to "rough out" then refine and carve smaller...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 18th March 2010, 11:27 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 20,790
Posted By lemmythesmith
Hi Willem, I'm afraid I haven't done much...

Hi Willem, I'm afraid I haven't done much recently as I've been busy on other things, I recently bought a huge chunk of buffalo horn for the wrongko......... I'm planning to do some more work on it...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 15th March 2010, 10:10 PM
Replies: 75
Views: 45,975
Posted By lemmythesmith
Hi Gio, I'm glad you like my work!! The shop you...

Hi Gio, I'm glad you like my work!! The shop you visited in Liverpool would have been my friend's shop-the keris you handled was one I made many years ago in a mixture of styles. I think it did have...
Forum: Swap Forum 12th March 2010, 07:09 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 4,071
Posted By lemmythesmith
More photos..........

More photos..........
Forum: Swap Forum 12th March 2010, 07:06 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 4,071
Posted By lemmythesmith
Tanto for sale.

Small tanto for sale, listed on a friends behalf. Shinshinto blade, nagasa 188mm. Worked in the Mino tradition, signed “Kanesada” C1780-1800. Nioi deki gunome hamon.hada is itame becoming masame near...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 23rd August 2009, 03:31 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 20,790
Posted By lemmythesmith
Hi Gustav, thanks for the photo-it’s a clearer...

Hi Gustav, thanks for the photo-it’s a clearer example of the form of the greneng, should be of help!!

Hi Alan, thanks for the explanation-yeah, it’s nigh on impossible from a photo to explain the...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 22nd August 2009, 08:21 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 20,790
Posted By lemmythesmith
Hi all, thanks for the latest input!! Hi...

Hi all, thanks for the latest input!!

Hi Michel, the tang is part of the blade not a separate piece screwed in. What you can see is where I have thinned the diameter of the tang a little just...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 19th August 2009, 10:20 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 20,790
Posted By lemmythesmith
Hi all, I've made a start on cutting the greneng ...

Hi all, I've made a start on cutting the greneng :eek: I'm going to leave "as is" for a day or two then go back to it, needs a few more coats of looking at!! :D
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 18th August 2009, 09:41 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 8,044
Posted By lemmythesmith
Hi Alan, your workspace is tidy, no matter how...

Hi Alan, your workspace is tidy, no matter how hard I try, mine always looks like a tornado has hit it......
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 9th August 2009, 06:27 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 14,538
Posted By lemmythesmith
Here's a section through a mammoth molar,...

Here's a section through a mammoth molar, unfortunately it's a North Sea fossil so it's no good for hilts-parts of the tooth go kinda chalky (and it falls to pieces)
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 3rd August 2009, 10:30 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 14,538
Posted By lemmythesmith
Hi all, that's a nice keris Gustav, I really like...

Hi all, that's a nice keris Gustav, I really like it. Does anyone know if these hilts were ever made of mammoth molar or are they of elephant molar only?
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 30th July 2009, 09:34 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 7,231
Posted By lemmythesmith
WOW!! You have some nice looking hilts there...

WOW!! You have some nice looking hilts there Alan, I like the little patrem one on the second shelf, thanks for sharing.
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 14th July 2009, 08:27 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 27,768
Posted By lemmythesmith
Hi all, here's my talismanic keris, blade is...

Hi all, here's my talismanic keris, blade is 139mm long with a slot cut through the blade. When I bought it I was told the slot was for poison :eek: in the bottom half of the slot there is a...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 15th June 2009, 10:27 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 13,545
Posted By lemmythesmith
Hi all, this ironsand is called satetsu in Japan...

Hi all, this ironsand is called satetsu in Japan and is used to smelt tamahagane (jewel metal) which is used to make Japanese swords from, its a very good iron ore, with very little sulphur or...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th June 2009, 12:35 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 20,376
Posted By lemmythesmith
Hi all, there's some interesting info and pics...

Hi all, there's some interesting info and pics here....

http://www.livinglandscapes.bc.ca/upperfraserbasin/kwah_dagger/app2.html
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 3rd June 2009, 10:39 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 8,632
Posted By lemmythesmith
Hi Alan, love it!! Is Bapak Subandi smelting his...

Hi Alan, love it!! Is Bapak Subandi smelting his own iron? Bloomery iron is so much nicer to work with than puddled wrought iron! I like the "shields" either side of the anvil to protect against...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 26th April 2009, 07:26 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 17,443
Posted By lemmythesmith
Hi Rick, Marco posted these a while back,...

Hi Rick, Marco posted these a while back, drawings by Empu Djeno. Don't know if these were the accepted sanctioned dapur, but they look good to me. :D
...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 15th April 2009, 12:44 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 20,790
Posted By lemmythesmith
Thanks all!! Thought you might like him! He's...

Thanks all!! Thought you might like him! He's carved from a portion of a elephant tusk I bought many years ago, but it's only now I feel confidant enough to tackle such an ambitious project. I tend...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 14th April 2009, 09:24 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 20,790
Posted By lemmythesmith
Now with added face.... :D

Now with added face.... :D
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 14th April 2009, 01:40 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 4,576
Posted By lemmythesmith
Hi Iliad, nice Balinese piece!! The hilt looks to...

Hi Iliad, nice Balinese piece!! The hilt looks to be Nawa Sari holding a sheaf of rice behind his head, the dapur I've seen before described as "Suropati", not much, but hope it helps. :D
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 13th March 2009, 08:37 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 10,859
Posted By lemmythesmith
Hi Bluerf, that's a photo I was...

Hi Bluerf, that's a photo I was emailed-originally titled "I do think it will fit" it's not been photoshopped, a hamster I had could "pouch" a full pecan nut with shell. He looked pretty much like...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 11th March 2009, 11:06 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 20,790
Posted By lemmythesmith
Hi all, here's some pictures of the togog in...

Hi all, here's some pictures of the togog in various stages (well the front views anyway) his left foot is a little more developed since I took these snapshots....... :D
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