Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st May 2010, 10:17 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th April 2010, 06:31 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
16th April 2010, 06:46 PM
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Replies: 14
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In that case you have to make it a little bit...
In that case you have to make it a little bit more expensive. Take the Mrs. with you and make a little trip of it. Aahh, look what i found on our cosy trip :shrug: an antique musket!! What a lucky...
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Forum: European Armoury
15th April 2010, 09:36 PM
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Replies: 14
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In that case one possibility is left. Take the...
In that case one possibility is left. Take the ferry early in the morning, collect the musket, have a good lunch in France, take the ferry back to England and drive home with your new addition. That...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
14th April 2010, 09:44 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 16,107
David, Alan,
I will try to respond further...
David, Alan,
I will try to respond further on this subject.
David, accept my apoligies, english is not my native language. I do understand english rather well, but sometimes winks and phrases I...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
12th April 2010, 07:03 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 16,107
David, Alan,
Due a bussy schedule i will...
David, Alan,
Due a bussy schedule i will respond later this week.
English is not my mother language and is probably the course of misunderstanding.
Alan, we do understand each other.
David,...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
11th April 2010, 10:40 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 16,107
David,
I almost should say that this is the...
David,
I almost should say that this is the problem of this international forum and i hesitate to react on these kerisses. Actually i regret my reaction and opinion.
Telling me looking in the...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
11th April 2010, 03:00 PM
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Replies: 23
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Alan,
That is really to much honor.
As...
Alan,
That is really to much honor.
As i mentioned before, you couldn't enter an auction house or fleemarket here in Holland without stumbling over these soldier keris. Sometimes just 10 in a...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
11th April 2010, 08:42 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 16,107
Rick,
There are carved maduran wrongko's en...
Rick,
There are carved maduran wrongko's en gandars and if i remembered well in a thread about maduran scabbards a wrongko with lying lion is shown.
In that case i completely agree with you....
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
10th April 2010, 10:42 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 16,107
David,
Very good question.
The blades...
David,
Very good question.
The blades where older blades indeed and mostly not top-notch blades. In my opinion and that's why you see them so much here in Holland is that these dresses were...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
10th April 2010, 03:20 PM
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Replies: 23
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
5th April 2010, 01:03 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 12,219
Hoi Semar
Het was niet David die je een foto...
Hoi Semar
Het was niet David die je een foto laat zien van een dapur Cengkrong, maar Alan Maisey.
Gentlemen for your information the translation of this dutch text: It wasn't David who showed...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd April 2010, 07:18 PM
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Replies: 64
Views: 64,930
Wow! The book Hornbill and Dragon is a great...
Wow! The book Hornbill and Dragon is a great wannahave. Unfortunately out of reach for common people like me. Is it somewhere on the internet so that we can make a print of it and make the book by...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st April 2010, 06:57 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 24,485
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st March 2010, 03:24 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 24,485
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th March 2010, 08:49 PM
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Replies: 9
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th March 2010, 08:45 PM
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Replies: 64
Views: 64,930
Maurice,
I think this can become a wonderful...
Maurice,
I think this can become a wonderful and interesting thread.
I hope Arjan can find some time to make some pictures of his collection. It would be nice if he could add also the tribe and...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th March 2010, 08:22 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 24,485
Sajen,
I haven't seen one like this neither....
Sajen,
I haven't seen one like this neither.
Tom, Battara,
I also think it is not a repair. There are no signs of baka-baka clamps that are missing on the blade so I completely agree with...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
27th March 2010, 08:29 PM
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Replies: 12
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th March 2010, 09:22 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 24,485
Maurice,
My pleasure.
Vandoo,
It...
Maurice,
My pleasure.
Vandoo,
It is a very strong construction indeed. The tang with the base of this kris is mounted with two pins to the blade. The third pin through the tang is a simple...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th March 2010, 03:59 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 24,485
Kai,
My pleasure to share it with you all. ...
Kai,
My pleasure to share it with you all.
There is no hint that the blade might be European. It has no marks or anything else that could be identified. If such a mark was present i certainly...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th March 2010, 09:18 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 24,485
Old kris for comment
Seeing many kris, sundang for comment i would like to post one of mine.
This one has no scabbard. What kind of scabbard does this one need? What about the hilt? It has no bacca bacca, but i cann't...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th March 2010, 08:16 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 11,556
Gentlemen,
Certainly we are Dom grateful for...
Gentlemen,
Certainly we are Dom grateful for his help and translations. But for those who did read his entire post and not only the translations should be aware of the fact that in his nearness is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th March 2010, 08:05 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 5,162
In the book "De inlandsche kunstnijverheid in...
In the book "De inlandsche kunstnijverheid in Nederlandsch Indië" by J.E. Jaspers and Mas Pirngadie pictures are shown of Javanese spears and tombaks without methuk. Apparently a methuk wasn't a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th March 2010, 09:09 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 5,162
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