| Forum: Keris Warung Kopi  15th April 2012, 04:50 PM | 
	
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				 Cleaning 
 Thanks Detlef,
 
 Will get round to the cleaning this one, though I must confess I've also neglected some others in the keris cupboard that's due for some cleaning :o
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	| Forum: Keris Warung Kopi  15th April 2012, 04:32 PM | 
	
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	| Forum: Keris Warung Kopi  15th April 2012, 04:31 PM | 
	
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	| Forum: Keris Warung Kopi  15th April 2012, 04:28 PM | 
	
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	| Forum: Keris Warung Kopi  15th April 2012, 04:27 PM | 
	
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	| Forum: Keris Warung Kopi  15th April 2012, 04:25 PM | 
	
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	| Forum: Keris Warung Kopi  15th April 2012, 04:14 PM | 
	
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				 More Images 
 Pak Alam,
 
 There was a glitch in loading the pictures earlier, hopefully luck is on my side this time.
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	| Forum: Keris Warung Kopi  15th April 2012, 05:56 AM | 
	
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				 Keris Luk 7 Riau Restoration 
 I had the good fortune of acquiring this from a fellow forumite some months ago.
 
 Upon inspection it has an interesting composite hulu jawa demam of really old kemuning, somewhat upright, with a...
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  9th April 2012, 12:40 PM | 
	
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	| Forum: Keris Warung Kopi  12th March 2012, 10:49 AM | 
	
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				 Blade Material 
 I'm interested in the blade material. I've seen it in a lot of Bugis pieces as the iron has a rather silvery colour rather than the greyish tinge or approaching black hue found on other blades...
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	| Forum: Keris Warung Kopi  2nd February 2012, 11:13 AM | 
	
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				 Interesting keris 
 I think this is a rare find. It's far easier to see pandai saras, carita and tok chu blades but something with this kind of central fuller rarely surfaces among collectors. As someone used to say to...
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	| Forum: Keris Warung Kopi  26th January 2012, 01:00 AM | 
	
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				 Permanent Display 
 Wonderful stuff, hope I'll get the chance to snap a few of these kerises on my next visit (not easy to linger when you have a wife hell bent on dragging you back to Orchard Road and a four year old...
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	| Forum: Keris Warung Kopi  25th January 2012, 02:27 PM | 
	
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				 Stealth needed? 
 Hi Blu,
 
 The pictures got me wondering how you managed to pull it off. The staff gave me a stern look when I tried to snap pictures of 'Si Ginje' and the golden crown of Siak during the 'Sumatra -...
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	| Forum: Keris Warung Kopi  10th January 2012, 10:32 AM | 
	
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				 Closer Look 
 Dear Penangsang,
 
 I think you're referring to Kampung Chenok (in Thai 'Chana') which is actually located very near Songkhla (Malay 'Singgora').
 
 I know this place as the home of the famous Keris...
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	| Forum: Keris Warung Kopi  8th January 2012, 01:18 PM | 
	
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				 Bugis for Comments 
 I've recently acquired this keris which looks like a Straits Bugis keris by way of Kelantan. It does have a diamond section blade, though the fittings are probably somewhat more recent.
 
 I was...
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	| Forum: Keris Warung Kopi  23rd October 2011, 03:45 PM | 
	
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				 Reading of inscription 
 It is Malay in Jawi script.
 
 My suggested reading is "Datuk Bendahara Pahang, Hadiah, Allah Selamatkan yang menyimpan"
 
 I'm guessing it means (from the) Datuk Bendahara of Pahang, A Gift, God...
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	| Forum: Keris Warung Kopi  11th March 2011, 12:06 PM | 
	
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				 Staining 
 Thanks Gustav, like a compass needle, the blade does look better pointing north. Sajen, I rather like the patina of the blade at the moment, so I will probably go as far as cleaning it with some lime...
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	| Forum: Keris Warung Kopi  10th March 2011, 02:21 PM | 
	
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				 More pictures 
 Additional pictures though I must say my photographic skills are quite rudimentary.
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	| Forum: Keris Warung Kopi  9th March 2011, 08:56 AM | 
	
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				 Keris Jawa for Comment 
 Gentlemen,
 
 It has been a while. I have recently acquired this keris and as I have very little experience with keris Jawa, I was wondering if our esteemed forum members could assist me with...
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  20th July 2006, 01:28 PM | 
	
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				 Tsunami 
 Belasungkawa.
 
 My sympahties for the people of Java. Judging from the active seismic movements in that part of the world within the past year or so, I guess the people of the archipelago must be...
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  18th July 2006, 01:47 AM | 
	
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				 Attempted Readings 
 Hi RSWORD
 
 I've looked hard at the inscriptions and i think they're a bit miniscule, but anyway, I think one of it reads 'Wa Huwa Samiiun Aliim' And He (God) is All Hearing and All Knowing.
 
 One...
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  14th July 2006, 10:19 AM | 
	
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				 Attempted Reading 
 Hi
 
 The words are in Arabic. I'm guessing that the first is 'silah' which means weapon, and the last 'lil aduw' which means for the enemy?
 I can't read the middle word. For further help, I guess...
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  13th July 2006, 01:48 AM | 
	
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				 In Transit 
 Hi John
 
 Take care and keep safe. A very wise man once said "all we are saying, let's give peace a chance." I hope more people would actually listen to him.
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  12th July 2006, 02:43 AM | 
	
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				 Keris in Museums 
 Dear John,
 
 It was great to meet someone from the Forum in the flesh. I had the pleasure of meeting Rahman and Shah earlier and I hope the others might get in touch, if they're ever in KL.
 
 For...
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  12th July 2006, 02:32 AM | 
	
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				 Iranian Parade Sword 
 Dear Forumites
 
 Just my two cents. I would vote Iranian for a number of reasons. The first is the crown emblem engraved on several parts of the sword resembles the Qajar and Pahlavi state crown....
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