Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th February 2005, 01:12 PM
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Interesting thread which brings a couple things...
Interesting thread which brings a couple things to mind.
First, I recently read that Raffles, upon becoming governor of Bencoolen in the early 19th century, lifted a ban on the wearing of keris in...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th January 2005, 11:30 PM
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Replies: 72
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th January 2005, 02:25 PM
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Replies: 72
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Everyone knows you can tell a lot more about a...
Everyone knows you can tell a lot more about a keris (or anything else for that matter) by handling it in person. That said, if you show me a picture of a '78 Pinto, I don't need to kick the tires...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th January 2005, 01:30 PM
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Replies: 13
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th January 2005, 02:34 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th January 2005, 11:57 PM
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Newly made.
This kind of wear is caused by...
Newly made.
This kind of wear is caused by Hydrochloric Acid. Its too even and the pitting is extremely deep, giving the blade the look of a flint blade. There are a whole lot of these...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th January 2005, 11:31 AM
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Replies: 36
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Ria's keris is a better quality piece than the...
Ria's keris is a better quality piece than the previous one but is still not a first rate piece.
If you want to know a bit more about why, I suggest you go back and read through the two magnum...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th January 2005, 04:01 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th January 2005, 03:18 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 21,854
First off, welcome to the forum Encik Rahman.
...
First off, welcome to the forum Encik Rahman.
Actually, the "square-ish" sheath form is virtually ubiquitous across much of the "Malay" world. In fact it is easy to say such sheaths are the most...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th January 2005, 01:43 PM
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Replies: 33
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Interesting - it appears the coteng hilt has...
Interesting - it appears the coteng hilt has migrated to the tajong sheath and the tajong hilt has migrated to a Javanese with a ladrangan sheath. :confused:
Curators, you just can't trust 'em...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th January 2005, 11:33 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 9,986
First Blade is a beladau. They're related to...
First Blade is a beladau. They're related to kerambit and lawi ayam but are a stabbing weapon rather than a gut hook, thus the lack of a finger hole. Common across much of the "Malay" areas of the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th January 2005, 11:20 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 21,854
Hmm, very interesting Rasdan. Your sampir...
Hmm, very interesting Rasdan. Your sampir appears to be some other kind of wood rather than kemuning - possibly bongor but I'm not 100% sure. Its a very unusual grain for Kemuning but it would also...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st December 2004, 02:41 AM
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Replies: 10
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Interesting keris mrgee. First off, given the...
Interesting keris mrgee. First off, given the style and quality of the workmanship I feel its very unlikely that this came from the Surakarta kraton. The quality is more on the rough side and given...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th December 2004, 07:22 AM
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Replies: 19
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th December 2004, 03:15 PM
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Replies: 19
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Rasdan, the mystery wood is ketenggah. Not...
Rasdan, the mystery wood is ketenggah. Not particularly rare or unusual but less commonly used than kemuning.
Please do note though that there is no such thing as kemuning gembol per-se. ...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th December 2004, 02:48 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th December 2004, 03:08 PM
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Replies: 2
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Maori or not Maori, that is the Question.
Okay, so here's one worth a word or two of discussion.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=3770604908&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT
Really Maori? Or some kind of wierd talibon...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th December 2004, 03:05 PM
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Replies: 6
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th December 2004, 03:02 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 7,402
Keep in mind though Ronpakis that the entire...
Keep in mind though Ronpakis that the entire Straits of Melaka is a hodge podge of different styles and different bits and pieces. These people were anything but sedentary and travelled up and down...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th December 2004, 02:43 PM
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Replies: 23
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th December 2004, 02:37 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 6,311
Interesting. Can't say that this is a standard...
Interesting. Can't say that this is a standard variant but I have not seen another like it. Could very well be a one off or a specialty of a particular tukang. looks more likely to be from the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd December 2004, 03:38 AM
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Replies: 5
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd December 2004, 11:31 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 8,567
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th December 2004, 06:02 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 12,706
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th December 2004, 05:31 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 49,884
If such keris are common in Kelantan and...
If such keris are common in Kelantan and Terengganu you could have fooled me. Fact is its even pretty unusual by Sulawesi standards - which is what makes the piece so special in the first place. ...
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