Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
16th January 2009, 08:19 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 17,360
staining in NL
Hello Erik,
Look on www.dekris.nl. This is the very recently started site from the dutch keris knowledge club... Or whatever tot call it. Several members stain keris. I think if you put your...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
7th December 2008, 07:57 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 9,840
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
6th November 2008, 10:24 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 9,840
minangkabau keris for comment
Dear all,
I here have a sumatran keris, tmho minangkabau. The handle and the small endpiece of the sarong are made from ivory. The sarong has some damage (copperwork). The lowerpart is made from...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
18th March 2008, 08:06 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 12,686
looks older
hi semar, i ment that it looks like perhaps 20 30 40 years old, as in not made yesterday, but certainly not antique, sorry for the confussion.
greetings ron
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
17th March 2008, 11:55 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 12,686
d an duuren
i believe there is an example in the book from van duuren with al the literature references in it. imho this is not the real thing, perhaps older but looks a bit touristic. not the same esthetics as...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th February 2008, 05:27 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 5,386
hi willem,
there's going to be an auction at...
hi willem,
there's going to be an auction at hessink's with several sikim and rentjong without scabbards, perhaps you can cut one down yourself (of course this is a joke...) also some nice...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
25th June 2007, 11:51 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 12,661
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
22nd June 2007, 05:32 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 12,661
hi tatyana,
if there did not need to be a...
hi tatyana,
if there did not need to be a pendok there is no reason to paint it this way because only the front is a nice piece of wood. the back is a simple piece. this is often seen with...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
3rd June 2007, 05:03 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 12,661
udan mas or bendo segodo
Hi Alam and others of course,
I can see the difference with the one in the link. But it is also not very simmilar to the bendo seggodo but then again the tammens book is just a guideline. It looks...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
1st June 2007, 11:43 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 12,661
restoring
Thanks for the comments all.
With some tlc it should turn out rather nice. If it is really udan mas i don't know but tammens calls it that way so it is easily sought after if you have the book. It...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
31st May 2007, 08:13 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 12,661
bali keris for comment
this keris, or what's left of it, was found on a mine sweeper wich was damaged in 1940 to avoid capture of the germans. The previous owner took it from the ship when it was left alone. He was then 16...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th January 2007, 07:15 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 39,658
polak
i saw his stuff at the pan and yes very high quality. it's funny but i also had the feeling that he often values things lesser than what he would sell it for. of course you'll also pay for "the name"...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th January 2007, 08:12 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 39,658
hb in amsterdam
hi ben,
did that one happen to be from polak? if so i was wondering what the price was. i did see it at pan amsterdam but after i heared the price of other items i did not dare to ask what that...
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Forum: Swap Forum
2nd January 2007, 08:30 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 12,893
translation
it means that you should be nice instead of this way. but i must say that he does make a point here. perhaps it was really very very cheap and the buyer needed a piece of plastic (or something like...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th September 2006, 08:30 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 5,234
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th September 2006, 01:25 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 5,234
translation please indonesian language
Dear members,
i have an old picture from the region balikpapan. It shows several people in traditional costumes used at the harvesting festivals (hudoq masks etc) One of them holds a plate with...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th May 2006, 07:49 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 8,522
fighting marks?
hello,
i dont really think these are from a fight. they just look very much the same to each other and like flavio said are made in some "rythmic" way 1-2-2-1, (sorry my english is to poor to know...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th May 2006, 07:14 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 8,352
hilt to large? or cut down?
very often these type of knives have large cracks at the base of the handle. many rencongs also quite often have this problem. perhaps somebody made it a little bit shorter because it was dammaged....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th May 2006, 01:40 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 8,352
tumbok or sewar from sumatra
his spunjer,
these knives are used for stabbing. the more elaborate ones are like the keris a status symbol. It is normal that one might think the handle is to big but these come in alle kinds of...
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Forum: Swap Forum
30th April 2006, 10:45 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 3,575
dutch schoolplates with dajaks dayaks etc
nr 6275850675
http://cgi.ebay.nl/Borneo-Dayak-dajak-plate-from-1900-no-mandau-keris_W0QQitemZ6275850675QQcategoryZ69733QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
very nice plates with different...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st March 2006, 08:32 PM
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Replies: 47
Views: 44,990
why items sometimes look new
i would like to add to this wonderfull discussion with very nice pictures that lots of weaponry and statues etc were made for collectors in the 19th century and of course other times. of course this...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th January 2006, 08:24 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 5,735
indonesian art exhibition in amsterdam
although i understand that for most forum members The Netherlands is a bit to far, perhaps for the other ones this is interesting:
In the "Nieuwe kerk" in Amsterdam until april 17th 2006 there is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th November 2005, 07:38 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 5,368
a maduran keris handle or ukiran
hello,
i have a keris handle wich to my opinion is from madura. this is not very uncommon but it is made from brass or copper. It is made by the lost wax method. it is a normal size piece. can...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th November 2005, 07:33 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 5,782
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th November 2005, 04:44 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 5,782
african dagger
Hello all,
i know its an african dagger but can anyone tell me something about age and region.
thanks for any information
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