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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi Yesterday, 09:18 PM
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Posted By Gustav
Not just similar, the same. By the way in Jensens...

Not just similar, the same. By the way in Jensens Krisdisk it's in chapter North-East Java, snd as I understand it, he thinks it could possibly be from late Majapahit or the surviving hinduistic part...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi Yesterday, 12:33 PM
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Views: 1,365
Posted By Gustav
Alan, this is the same Keris.

Alan, this is the same Keris.
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi Yesterday, 10:15 AM
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Views: 1,365
Posted By Gustav
It is not featured in Jensens book, I guess it is...

It is not featured in Jensens book, I guess it is in Krisdisk, chapter Bali, I cannot check at the moment. Here an even smaller picture of the entire Keris.
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi Yesterday, 07:33 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,365
Posted By Gustav
Well, this is Greneng of a Keris, which was...

Well, this is Greneng of a Keris, which was mentioned in an inventory for the first time in 1607. We most likely are looking at a 16th cent. Keris.

Todays "experts", seeing such blade, yell in one...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 11th March 2025, 11:19 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,365
Posted By Gustav
It is from a time period when Javanese and...

It is from a time period when Javanese and Balinese was very close.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th March 2025, 12:59 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 9,122
Posted By Gustav
Ian, that looks not like a drawing from before...

Ian, that looks not like a drawing from before the arriving of photography from SEAsia (attached a drawing from 1836(?)). To be honest, it doesn't look like a drawing or photography from 19th cent.,...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th March 2025, 10:51 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 9,122
Posted By Gustav
Gentlemen, you are discussing an assumed...

Gentlemen, you are discussing an assumed depiction of a person, who was around 74 years old at the time of invention of photography and died 5 years later.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th January 2025, 08:02 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 37,422
Posted By Gustav
Very attractive piece overall, and the...

Very attractive piece overall, and the laminations are fantastic!
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 30th December 2024, 06:10 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 25,468
Posted By Gustav
Superior craftmanship?

Superior craftmanship?
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 14th December 2024, 09:08 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 13,955
Posted By Gustav
Hmm.

Hmm.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 11th December 2024, 07:32 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 5,435
Posted By Gustav
On spine (abbreviated): Zlatoust arms factory, on...

On spine (abbreviated): Zlatoust arms factory, on blade monogram of Nikolai II.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 10th December 2024, 09:00 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 32,277
Posted By Gustav
The earliest dated yataghan with twisted rod...

The earliest dated yataghan with twisted rod pattern (Turkish ribbon) to my knowledge is from 1592. Around this date twisted rod pattern appears also in Asia and SEAsia.
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 26th November 2024, 06:43 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 8,691
Posted By Gustav
A couple of pictures - two of the original Keris...

A couple of pictures - two of the original Keris from auction house in France, before being cleaned. As we see, the scabbard is a perfect fit, contrary to the remark "The wrongko does not appear to...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 6th November 2024, 07:24 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 28,648
Posted By Gustav
Adam, Pamor Udan Mas basically is a surface...

Adam, Pamor Udan Mas basically is a surface manipulation of a Pamor Mlumah (horizontal Pamor layers, opposite to Pamor Miring, where the layers are arranged vertically). Pamor Mlumah with small...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 5th November 2024, 12:01 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 28,648
Posted By Gustav
There is a possibility this is a reworked older...

There is a possibility this is a reworked older blade. It is not uncommon to take an older blade with Pamor Wos Wutah and change it to a blade with the "wealth bringing" Pamor Udan Man. Such altered...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 1st November 2024, 09:11 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 9,787
Posted By Gustav
The sheath looks like a typical Sulawesi Bugis...

The sheath looks like a typical Sulawesi Bugis sheath, hilt most likely is Sulawesi, blade looks a bit more like Sumatran Bugis, but, if original to sheath, likely is Sulawesi too. Well, the fit is...
Forum: Keris Swap Forum 23rd September 2024, 03:52 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 86,478
Posted By Gustav
Bump.

Bump.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 18th September 2024, 10:54 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 19,123
Posted By Gustav
My assumption of probable age as 1840-50 is based...

My assumption of probable age as 1840-50 is based on fact the blade has twisted damascene in fullers, configuration of fullers is less fancy then later work of this type of blade, handle is old...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th September 2024, 10:44 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 57,551
Posted By Gustav
Thank you, Detlef! I really can only admire...

Thank you, Detlef!

I really can only admire the work of the blacksmith who made it. So many tricky welds, and not one significant cold shut.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th September 2024, 09:28 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 27,137
Posted By Gustav
There is a chance this might be wootz.

There is a chance this might be wootz.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th September 2024, 04:23 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 57,551
Posted By Gustav
Here another specimen, quite elaborated Pamor,...

Here another specimen, quite elaborated Pamor, yet also kind of typical - a twisted rod (?) in the upper third, two twisted rods in the middle. Perhaps there was some different kind of a twisted rod...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th September 2024, 08:02 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 19,123
Posted By Gustav
Thank you very much for your opinion! A...

Thank you very much for your opinion!

A question - as I understand, the work with twisted damascene bars died out in Caucasus after probably at latest 1860. Was it done longer in Turkey/Trabzon...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th September 2024, 06:40 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 19,123
Posted By Gustav
The remnants of maker's marks... some elements...

The remnants of maker's marks... some elements still are similar.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th September 2024, 06:34 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 19,123
Posted By Gustav
Kindjal with Gurian-Adjarian type blade

For viewing pleasure a Kindjal with Gurian-Adjarian type blade, with twisted damascene rods in the grooves. Likely somebody was keen to collect the bit of gold from the maker's stamps on the blade....
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 11th September 2024, 10:49 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 13,890
Posted By Gustav
Just a question - if we have different Pamor on...

Just a question - if we have different Pamor on each side, wouldn't it be more appropriate to call such configuration Pamor Tangkis?
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