Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
Today, 10:55 PM
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Exactly so David.
Even the highly respected...
Exactly so David.
Even the highly respected Surakarta Pakem book is at variance with popular opinion in many respects.
The whole thing is this:- with keris there is no universal standard that...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
Today, 09:01 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
Today, 08:49 PM
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Today, 11:14 AM
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I forgot the picture.
I've taken the liberty...
I forgot the picture.
I've taken the liberty of altering the blade orientation to make it easier to read, as we can see, it would be quite difficult to convince anybody that this blade displays...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
Today, 11:10 AM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
25th October 2024, 07:58 AM
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Yep.
Complex.
Keris are not something...
Yep.
Complex.
Keris are not something we can come to terms with in a short period of time, & this is something that frustrates many people and causes them to look for more easily understand...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
25th October 2024, 03:32 AM
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To classify a keris blade we do not use style...
To classify a keris blade we do not use style alone, & I agree that we cannot use just style to provide the probability of geographic point of origin of a keris blade. This is the reason I qualified...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
25th October 2024, 12:53 AM
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There is really no room for doubt about this...
There is really no room for doubt about this keris blade, not so much for what it is, but rather for what it is not.
Stylistically it is definitely not Bugis.
No experienced student of the...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
15th October 2024, 08:10 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
11th October 2024, 09:23 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
9th October 2024, 08:23 AM
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That "Origin" paper is pretty old, the core of...
That "Origin" paper is pretty old, the core of it, I think I can still support, but it really needs to be rechurned.
Hugh, the simple answer to your question is that I do not know why most keris...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th October 2024, 11:34 AM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
5th October 2024, 09:21 PM
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Perhaps no general conclusion, but my own...
Perhaps no general conclusion, but my own conclusion is very simple:- money.
Smiths work for a living.
The cheaper one makes something, the cheaper one can sell it, the more sales that can be...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th October 2024, 08:22 AM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
1st October 2024, 09:20 PM
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Martin:-
"An annotated bibliography of...
Martin:-
"An annotated bibliography of Indonesian, Filipino & Malay Edged Weapons"
T. D. Rogers, C Zwartenkop Art Books -- Leiden, 2015, ISBN/EAN 978-90-5450-014-8
This is a truly excellent...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
30th September 2024, 10:39 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th September 2024, 10:00 PM
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I believe that we are dealing with a matter of...
I believe that we are dealing with a matter of perspective:- if one is a collector of European edged weapons, then this pedang is not a European edged weapon, thus it has no place in a collection of...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
28th September 2024, 04:36 AM
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Maybe, maybe not.
Of course, if one is of a...
Maybe, maybe not.
Of course, if one is of a slightly superstitious nature one would opine that one got exactly the keris one was intended to get, & the other keris was really meant for somebody...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
28th September 2024, 04:33 AM
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The waves in the blade of a keris are called...
The waves in the blade of a keris are called "luk".
"Lima" is the number 5.
"Luk Lima" is "five wave".
The present method of wave count is to begin on the first wave above the gandhik and...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
27th September 2024, 11:22 PM
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Patrick, I've had a look at this site, and I...
Patrick, I've had a look at this site, and I would appreciate your further comments.
It seems to me that the objective of this site is to provide a place for the online publication of writings ---...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
19th September 2024, 03:36 AM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
18th September 2024, 12:35 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
16th September 2024, 11:20 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
14th September 2024, 10:33 PM
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The dress is certainly Jogja, I'm away from my...
The dress is certainly Jogja, I'm away from my references at the moment so I cannot give the wanda of the hilt.
The wood in the wrongko is definitely not burl teak (jati gembol). I cannot ID it...
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