| Forum: Keris Swap Forum  27th January 2017, 03:43 AM | 
	
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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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	| Forum: Keris Warung Kopi  21st January 2017, 04:17 AM | 
	
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				 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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				 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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				 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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	| Forum: Keris Swap Forum  27th December 2016, 12:01 AM | 
	
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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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				 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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	| Forum: Keris Warung Kopi  3rd October 2016, 05:09 AM | 
	
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	| Forum: Keris Warung Kopi  28th February 2016, 03:42 AM | 
	
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				 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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				 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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	| Forum: Keris Warung Kopi  1st February 2016, 08:20 PM | 
	
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	| Forum: Keris Warung Kopi  1st February 2016, 05:25 AM | 
	
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				 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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				 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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				 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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	| Forum: Keris Warung Kopi  5th January 2016, 05:25 AM | 
	
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				 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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				 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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				 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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				 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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				 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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				 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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