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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 3rd September 2024, 10:37 PM
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Views: 30,536
Posted By A. G. Maisey
See Post #13. Scabbard & hilt could be...

See Post #13.

Scabbard & hilt could be around the same age, pendok is recent.
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 3rd September 2024, 01:38 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 84,401
Posted By A. G. Maisey
Yes. Cengkrong luk lima.

Yes.

Cengkrong luk lima.
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 3rd September 2024, 12:38 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 30,536
Posted By A. G. Maisey
Javanese, dhapur brojol, possibly classification...

Javanese, dhapur brojol, possibly classification (tangguh) Tuban, blade probably before 1900, needs a clean & stain.

This is a keris, it is not a sundang.

Incidentally, "getah damak" in Malay...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 2nd September 2024, 10:49 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 30,536
Posted By A. G. Maisey
The metal is what we call "pamor sanak", the word...

The metal is what we call "pamor sanak", the word "sanak" means "related", this metal is a mixture of two or more types of ferric material.
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 2nd September 2024, 09:35 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 47,080
Posted By A. G. Maisey
This is what I wrote:--- "--- I believe that...

This is what I wrote:---

"--- I believe that we are looking at an East Javanese keris, or possibly Madurese. I had that thought that it might be current era, but I am now not so sure.

To form...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 2nd September 2024, 08:46 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 30,536
Posted By A. G. Maisey
I once asked a very good friend of mine who was...

I once asked a very good friend of mine who was Javanese and a devout Muslim if he could explain Lam Alif to me. He told me that to even get a beginning of understanding I would need to spend seven...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 1st September 2024, 02:24 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 20,885
Posted By A. G. Maisey
The first piece of damascus I made was so full of...

The first piece of damascus I made was so full of flaws & I was so determined to have a perfect damascus blade that my intended 12 inch Bowie finished up as a paper knife.

I am of the opinion...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 1st September 2024, 02:11 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 30,536
Posted By A. G. Maisey
There are a number of ways that the gonjo of a...

There are a number of ways that the gonjo of a keris is kept in place, one of those ways is to cut a tiny keyway into the gonjo hole, and drive a pin home into that keyway to hold the gonjo in place....
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 30th August 2024, 10:44 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 67,367
Posted By A. G. Maisey
Once upon a time it might have been possible to...

Once upon a time it might have been possible to obtain old and good keris at reasonable prices in Holland and also in adjacent countries. I have not seen any evidence of this in a very long time, and...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 29th August 2024, 04:58 AM
Replies: 242
Views: 450,788
Posted By A. G. Maisey
I believe that we need to differentiate between...

I believe that we need to differentiate between quality of execution, & quality of material, the two things are separate & different.

Post #81 in this thread is a hilt of mine, it is high quality...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 28th August 2024, 11:58 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 29,200
Posted By A. G. Maisey
You might be right HughChen, but isn't this true...

You might be right HughChen, but isn't this true of many things?

Our own experience is limited, other things need to be learnt from the experience & knowledge of other people.
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 28th August 2024, 07:31 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 29,200
Posted By A. G. Maisey
Hugh, I was buying keris from Indonesia long...

Hugh, I was buying keris from Indonesia long before the keris revival of the 1970's began. It began in Central Jawa and the Boys From Madura did not join the modern market until the early 1980's.
...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 28th August 2024, 04:29 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 50,094
Posted By A. G. Maisey
Maybe he was trying to do the same thing to keris...

Maybe he was trying to do the same thing to keris that he did to Chinese cooking.
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 27th August 2024, 11:23 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 24,277
Posted By A. G. Maisey
Not that I can think of. There are some...

Not that I can think of.

There are some features that might be seen more often in one classification (tangguh) of a keris than in others, and in some cases a tangguh can be related to a time...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th August 2024, 10:40 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 36,581
Posted By A. G. Maisey
Thank you werecow.

Thank you werecow.
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 27th August 2024, 10:38 PM
Replies: 242
Views: 450,788
Posted By A. G. Maisey
Post #229. The small pic at top left:- not...

Post #229.

The small pic at top left:- not keris, could be pelecok, most likely a knife hilt.
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 27th August 2024, 02:22 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 29,200
Posted By A. G. Maisey
Yes, probably a Madura product, after +/-1980.

Yes, probably a Madura product, after +/-1980.
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 27th August 2024, 09:40 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 47,080
Posted By A. G. Maisey
It was probably thicker 100 years ago. Keris...

It was probably thicker 100 years ago.

Keris are regularly cleaned with coconut water or lime juice, or some other mild acid, sometimes they are polished with abrasives, this cleaning removes,...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 27th August 2024, 05:02 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 47,080
Posted By A. G. Maisey
Yes, true, & what I have written is really very,...

Yes, true, & what I have written is really very, very accurate.

I don't think in terms of a razor blade, but I have often likened the thinness of old keris to the thinness of a piece of paper.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th August 2024, 04:59 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 36,581
Posted By A. G. Maisey
Thanks Rick

Thanks Rick
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 27th August 2024, 02:44 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 47,080
Posted By A. G. Maisey
As a weapon the keris is used as a stabbing...

As a weapon the keris is used as a stabbing weapon, it is usual that for most keris from most societies, no more than just the first couple of inches of the blade is hardened.

In respect of...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th August 2024, 12:52 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 36,581
Posted By A. G. Maisey
Japanese weapons

This is a request for information.

A friend who has a beginning interest in Japanese swords & other Japanese weaponry has asked me if I can recommend a Forum or on-line discussion group that can...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 26th August 2024, 11:04 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 47,080
Posted By A. G. Maisey
The blade shown in post #10 is old, I do not have...

The blade shown in post #10 is old, I do not have an opinion on how old, but definitely pre-WWII.

Old keris often have very thin blades, as do keris of ordinary quality.

More recent keris often...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 26th August 2024, 02:04 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 29,200
Posted By A. G. Maisey
Yep.

Yep.
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 26th August 2024, 01:58 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 47,080
Posted By A. G. Maisey
OK --- got it. No, it is not weird, nor is...

OK --- got it.

No, it is not weird, nor is the style modern, it is totally legitimate, but it is the type of thing that modern makers in East Jawa/Madura like to produce, and to my eye, there are...
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