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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 4th September 2025, 06:12 AM
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Posted By adamb
Apologies, in the above annotated figure for the...

Apologies, in the above annotated figure for the character denoted by "4a" it should be "five" (not "at") in the brackets.
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 4th September 2025, 05:51 AM
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Posted By adamb
Hi Rick Yes the figure seems to represent...

Hi Rick

Yes the figure seems to represent Arjuna (and/or Bhima), one of the five Pandava Brothers.

Sorry for the rubbish pics, taken on my handphone - I don't have any better ones of the blades.
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 4th September 2025, 05:29 AM
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Posted By adamb
If anyone is still interested in the problem of...

If anyone is still interested in the problem of the Chinese inscription on the sheath of the antique Bugis (possibly Bugis Malay) keris, I have enclosed here, with permission, the findings of a...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 3rd September 2025, 01:33 AM
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Posted By adamb
Thanks David. There were two other...

Thanks David.

There were two other Makasar-Goa keris on display, these ones both with gold fittings, and in the same style as those in the images you've kindly posted. But again, the blades, while...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 27th August 2025, 05:49 AM
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Posted By adamb
Makasar-Gowa type keris

I saw this keris on display at a recent cultural festival in the town of Maros in South Sulawesi.

According to the available description it is from Simbang, an area on the outskirts of Maros.
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 4th August 2025, 04:51 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 30,362
Posted By adamb
Push. Would be great to know if anyone else...

Push.

Would be great to know if anyone else has seen this type of repair work on Bugis hilts.

cheers
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 31st July 2025, 01:40 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 30,362
Posted By adamb
"I'm pretty sure what you see on this second hilt...

"I'm pretty sure what you see on this second hilt is just a variation in the colour of the wood."

David, it is not a variation in the colour of the wood or some sort of natural inclusion within...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 30th July 2025, 05:59 AM
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Views: 30,362
Posted By adamb
I've just noticed that the wooden hilt of another...

I've just noticed that the wooden hilt of another of my old Bugis keris has two patches of different-looking material (shaded areas in this schematic illustration) in more or less the same places as...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 28th July 2025, 10:49 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 3,865
Posted By adamb
Kris sundang in London

Been meaning to post this for a while. Spotted in antique/junk shop in London. Vendor did not know what it is (but attached a very serious price to it nonetheless). In place of original pommel...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 25th July 2025, 08:34 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 30,362
Posted By adamb
Sorry Alan, I hope this image is a bit clearer...

Sorry Alan, I hope this image is a bit clearer now; the coloured areas in the schematic illustration show the parts of the keris hilt that seem to be comprised of different materials to the richly...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 24th July 2025, 08:33 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 30,362
Posted By adamb
For anyone interested in this matter: I removed...

For anyone interested in this matter: I removed the hilt from the tang to inspect it closer. The hilt definitely seems to be comprised of at least two distinct kinds of materials: 1) a dark wood with...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th July 2025, 01:07 AM
Replies: 78
Views: 148,915
Posted By adamb
Tiny badik from South Sulawesi; acquired last...

Tiny badik from South Sulawesi; acquired last year from a Makasar man; the blade is black steel (Malela), which is seen as inherently poisonous. I was told these tiny badiks are not toys or...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 16th July 2025, 06:48 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 30,362
Posted By adamb
Thank you Alan, it is most kind of you to share...

Thank you Alan, it is most kind of you to share your thoughts on this subject.

with warm regards
Adam
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 11th July 2025, 03:59 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 30,362
Posted By adamb
On the other matter: has anyone seen a composite...

On the other matter: has anyone seen a composite wooden hilt before like the one in this Bugis keris in my original post(s)?

And, as Alan points out, the brass collar with the swivel? Is this an...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 10th July 2025, 10:39 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 30,362
Posted By adamb
Thanks all for your insight. I do wonder now if...

Thanks all for your insight. I do wonder now if the wooden hilt cup on my Bugis keris is indeed original and that the use of wood instead of metal has some meaning or significance. I’m aware that...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 9th July 2025, 02:28 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 30,362
Posted By adamb
Thanks Alan, I'm not sure it's a repair job since...

Thanks Alan, I'm not sure it's a repair job since there is a separate area of the same lighter coloured wood on the hilt well below the part that would be damaged if they drilled the hole for the...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 9th July 2025, 12:51 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 30,362
Posted By adamb
Thanks Alan; yes, if the hilt cup is a recent job...

Thanks Alan; yes, if the hilt cup is a recent job I will consider replacing it with an original, but I'm keen to know if anyone has ever come across a wooden hilt cup that can be reasonably regarded...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 8th July 2025, 02:57 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 30,362
Posted By adamb
Wooden hilt cup and composite wood hilt

Hello everyone.

A Bugis/Bugis-Makasar keris, collected somewhere in Indonesia in 1920; from an old Swiss collection.

The hilt cup is carved from wood - has anyone seen that before in an antique...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 28th April 2025, 09:03 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 13,446
Posted By adamb
Help with translation

Hoping for some help with translating these Chinese characters written in black ink on the sheath of a recently acquired Bugis keris, which itself seems rather old. A Chinese colleague informs me...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd November 2024, 05:42 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 30,508
Posted By adamb
And another close up

And another close up
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd November 2024, 05:37 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 30,508
Posted By adamb
Here is a close-up of the relevant feature, RobT.

Here is a close-up of the relevant feature, RobT.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 21st November 2024, 11:40 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 30,508
Posted By adamb
Hi RobT yes sorry I forgot to follow that up....

Hi RobT yes sorry I forgot to follow that up. It’s difficult to tell, as the plaited hemp wrapping on the hilt comes down almost to the bottom of the blade, but it looks like there is a separate...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 21st November 2024, 10:17 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 30,508
Posted By adamb
Thanks David. Indeed if it can be demonstrated...

Thanks David. Indeed if it can be demonstrated that a keris of this particular style/type could not possibly have existed in the late 18th century or early 19th when Nelson was still alive then the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 21st November 2024, 07:32 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 30,508
Posted By adamb
Thanks for these observations and opinions on the...

Thanks for these observations and opinions on the label. The former owner's wife had an interesting theory: that William Bligh acquired the sword from (Dutch) Timor during his post-“mutiny on the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th November 2024, 11:17 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 30,508
Posted By adamb
Thank you, everyone, for your extremely valuable...

Thank you, everyone, for your extremely valuable observations.

To answer one of the above queries, yes, at some stage the scabbard was daubed, rather roughly, in yellow paint. The yellow paint, I...
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