Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
15th December 2025, 10:55 AM
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Alan, those pattern welded swords which can be...
Alan, those pattern welded swords which can be attributed to roughly 200AD (the latest coin found there is from 187 AD, one can only speculate, that the swords were not necessarily new when their...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
14th December 2025, 11:23 AM
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Alan, thank you for the elaborate response!
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Alan, thank you for the elaborate response!
I believe the blade from #1 surely is 19th cent. and perhaps could be earlier. The Warangan finish on it is an old one, surely pre-WWII.
Regarding...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th December 2025, 01:35 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
9th December 2025, 10:51 AM
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Alan, I asked specifically about Pamor because...
Alan, I asked specifically about Pamor because the execution of it is not very typical for Madura, as I mentioned above, and also the configuration of patterns is not something one sees three times a...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
5th December 2025, 08:45 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
5th December 2025, 10:40 AM
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Yes, I also thought - East Java/Madura.
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Yes, I also thought - East Java/Madura.
Unusual in that Madura context for me actually is the Pamor - from what I see from Madura it normally is coarse, broad thick layers, somewhat wild even if...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
4th December 2025, 01:43 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
4th December 2025, 01:14 PM
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An update:
blade length: 36,8 cm. Gonjo...
An update:
blade length: 36,8 cm. Gonjo length: 8 cm. It isn't Keris Lombok, the question is - East Java or Bali?
It has an old, very smooth finish, which is commonly associated with Bali, yet...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
23rd November 2025, 10:50 AM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
22nd November 2025, 11:18 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
22nd November 2025, 10:49 AM
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Gentlemen, thank you!
There is this blade in...
Gentlemen, thank you!
There is this blade in the National Museum of Denmark, EDb 16. Alan, we once argued, if it has one rod on one side, and two on the other. Difficult to see, because the blade...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
20th November 2025, 11:32 PM
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Twisted rods
Dear Kerislovers,
today an interesting blade was auctioned. The sheath likely is not made for it. What are your thoughts about the origin of it - East Java, Bali, or Lombok?
Is there something...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
9th July 2025, 05:55 PM
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I have a Sumatran Keris, which has an older...
I have a Sumatran Keris, which has an older wooden Pendokok-like object between blade and hilt. They have been together for some time, it is too small yet it embraces the Bungkul of hilt well, but...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
2nd July 2025, 05:46 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
2nd July 2025, 05:12 PM
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Alan, thank you again!
I am sorry, but I...
Alan, thank you again!
I am sorry, but I don't believe the "Kekandikan" Wrongko from #6 and Wrongko #11 from my collection are made in Bali or Lombok, and in my opinion they are made in West Java...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
1st July 2025, 06:42 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
1st July 2025, 06:24 PM
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Alan, thank you very much for your detailed...
Alan, thank you very much for your detailed response.
Yes, regarding my Keris from #11 - mixture of styles sounds much more reasonable then mixture of parts. A mixture of styles from today's...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
1st July 2025, 01:30 PM
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Thank you, Wijaya34!
The middle one from...
Thank you, Wijaya34!
The middle one from previous post was given to MET in 1932, after owners death, so I doubt it also would have been put together by dealer from Jalan Ngagel Tama.
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
1st July 2025, 11:21 AM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
1st July 2025, 11:12 AM
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Alan, yes, it differs from Balinese Kekandikan...
Alan, yes, it differs from Balinese Kekandikan for sure, as differ the Central Javanese forms. But I am absolutely positive, that the sheath form shown in #6, which you called a Kekandikan, is of the...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
1st July 2025, 09:40 AM
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Alan, thank you very much for your detailed...
Alan, thank you very much for your detailed response.
Regarding the "Kekandikan" from #6 - it seems to be a form from the island if Java, and could share a common ancestor with Balinese...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
30th June 2025, 09:54 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
30th June 2025, 12:19 PM
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Alan, thank you for your response!
There is...
Alan, thank you for your response!
There is a Keris in Jensen's Krisdisk, which I at the beginning thought is a bit strange, with parts of perhaps different age and provenance mixed together.
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
30th June 2025, 11:58 AM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
29th June 2025, 12:06 PM
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