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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 1st December 2025, 02:47 AM
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Posted By adamb
Thanks all for your insight. Yes the gandar fits...

Thanks all for your insight. Yes the gandar fits awkwardly to the sampir; it probably is a replacement but apparently an old one
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 26th November 2025, 12:11 AM
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Views: 3,778
Posted By adamb
more images

more images
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 26th November 2025, 12:09 AM
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Views: 3,778
Posted By adamb
Thanks to everyone for their opinions on this...

Thanks to everyone for their opinions on this subject.

On the subject of this keris, any insight into its origin and age?

My feeling is Malay States, possibly Terengganu, but I've been chatting...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 26th November 2025, 12:06 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 5,076
Posted By adamb
Thanks Alan - what I want to know about this...

Thanks Alan - what I want to know about this keris, to use an Australianism I hope other forumites will understand, is the whole kit and caboodle!
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 25th November 2025, 07:06 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 5,076
Posted By adamb
I would be grateful if anyone has views on the...

I would be grateful if anyone has views on the origin of this keris they are willing to share
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 25th November 2025, 07:04 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 3,778
Posted By adamb
Thank you IP; I cannot see a visible temper line...

Thank you IP; I cannot see a visible temper line in the straight section (more pics attached)
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 24th November 2025, 06:28 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 3,778
Posted By adamb
Crucible steel in Malela keris

Is anyone willing to venture an opinion on the swirly pattern evident in this Malela keris? Is this crucible steel, unlikely as the prospect of a wootz keris blade might seem?
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 22nd November 2025, 02:38 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 5,076
Posted By adamb
Keris ID

I'd much appreciate any insight into this keris; old Makassar/Ladrang type sampir, which is very narrow; I'm thinking Sumatran, possibly Mingangkabau. It didn't come with a hilt cup, so I added this...
Forum: Keris Swap Forum 29th October 2025, 07:35 AM
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Views: 12,654
Posted By adamb
Wanted: Bugis keris

Hi all; if anyone has any high quality antique Bugis keris they are interested in rehoming, please DM me. Thanks!
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 19th October 2025, 03:30 AM
Replies: 58
Views: 243,164
Posted By adamb
On this note, and hi all, has anyone ever come...

On this note, and hi all, has anyone ever come across a weapon with “Clayton Co, M” inscribed/written on it, as per the inscription in blank ink on the sheath of this old Moro Kris?
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 18th October 2025, 10:06 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 10,375
Posted By adamb
Apologies David; lets start with this one then.

Apologies David; lets start with this one then.
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 17th October 2025, 09:56 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 10,375
Posted By adamb
Bugis keris

Any insight into the age and association of these Bugis blades much appreciated; many thanks!
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 14th October 2025, 07:18 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 13,948
Posted By adamb
Wonderful, thanks!

Wonderful, thanks!
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th October 2025, 07:46 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 13,948
Posted By adamb
A kukri

Hi all,

Does anyone have any insight into the age/make of this kukri?

Thanks!
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 13th October 2025, 07:34 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 16,094
Posted By adamb
Thank you all for your insight!

Thank you all for your insight!
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 9th October 2025, 12:31 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 16,094
Posted By adamb
Thanks all for clearing this up. Does anyone have...

Thanks all for clearing this up. Does anyone have a similar shot of buffalo horn in section?

And yes, sadly some breakage on this otherwise nice hilt
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 8th October 2025, 03:55 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 16,094
Posted By adamb
Hilt material

Hi all; does anyone have any insight into the hilt material? It's obviously horn (tanduk) of some kind, which means it would normally be buffalo/cow, but I'm a bit puzzled by the greenish-brown...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 25th September 2025, 10:14 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 37,123
Posted By adamb
Hello all; so, no one has ever come across a...

Hello all; so, no one has ever come across a keris with Chinese inscriptions before? Many thanks again
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 4th September 2025, 07:12 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 37,123
Posted By adamb
Apologies, in the above annotated figure for the...

Apologies, in the above annotated figure for the character denoted by "4a" it should be "five" (not "at") in the brackets.
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 4th September 2025, 06:51 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 78,569
Posted By adamb
Hi Rick Yes the figure seems to represent...

Hi Rick

Yes the figure seems to represent Arjuna (and/or Bhima), one of the five Pandava Brothers.

Sorry for the rubbish pics, taken on my handphone - I don't have any better ones of the blades.
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 4th September 2025, 06:29 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 37,123
Posted By adamb
If anyone is still interested in the problem of...

If anyone is still interested in the problem of the Chinese inscription on the sheath of the antique Bugis (possibly Bugis Malay) keris, I have enclosed here, with permission, the findings of a...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 3rd September 2025, 02:33 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 78,569
Posted By adamb
Thanks David. There were two other...

Thanks David.

There were two other Makasar-Goa keris on display, these ones both with gold fittings, and in the same style as those in the images you've kindly posted. But again, the blades, while...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 27th August 2025, 06:49 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 78,569
Posted By adamb
Makasar-Gowa type keris

I saw this keris on display at a recent cultural festival in the town of Maros in South Sulawesi.

According to the available description it is from Simbang, an area on the outskirts of Maros.
...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 4th August 2025, 05:51 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 51,848
Posted By adamb
Push. Would be great to know if anyone else...

Push.

Would be great to know if anyone else has seen this type of repair work on Bugis hilts.

cheers
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 31st July 2025, 02:40 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 51,848
Posted By adamb
"I'm pretty sure what you see on this second hilt...

"I'm pretty sure what you see on this second hilt is just a variation in the colour of the wood."

David, it is not a variation in the colour of the wood or some sort of natural inclusion within...
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