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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 14th April 2018, 05:36 PM
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Posted By Gustav
While cleaning blades and making pictures I took...

While cleaning blades and making pictures I took some care of this Malay Keris Selit I have for a longer time already. It's from Northern Peninsula, 23,2 cm blade. A little bit unusual for KS because...
Forum: Keris Swap Forum 14th April 2018, 05:06 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 4,925
Posted By Gustav
One more

One more
Forum: Keris Swap Forum 14th April 2018, 03:22 PM
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Views: 4,925
Posted By Gustav
Malay Keris

For sale Malay Keris, possibly Malacca Straits.

Blade length 32,5, overall 45 cm.
Blade with well preserved Jenggot and Greneng, some pitting.
Pendongkok still has all petals.
One corner of the...
Forum: Swap Forum 13th April 2018, 04:27 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 7,295
Posted By Gustav
Malay Jambiah / Beladau

These are quite scarce, but this specimen is unique.

The handle is made of Akar Bahar, with two red coral cabochons, and ivory.

The blade has some pitting and rests of older staining.

The...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th April 2018, 12:19 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 11,318
Posted By Gustav
Isn't it a metal lamella rather then missing...

Isn't it a metal lamella rather then missing piece of wood?
Of course it's possible only if a metal ferrule is there.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 12th April 2018, 08:42 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 71,023
Posted By Gustav
Thank you, Fernando. With some bigger...

Thank you, Fernando.

With some bigger certainty it is possible to say it came to Spain in (or before) 1898.

With some less certainty - the person who brought it is (or could be) Don Enrique...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 12th April 2018, 12:31 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 71,023
Posted By Gustav
Ian, Charles, Albert, Detlef, Ron - thank you! ...

Ian, Charles, Albert, Detlef, Ron - thank you!

Albert - before I had it in my hands I also thought of hilt being a replacement.
Possibly it still is, but the "lamella" of Asang-Asang fits the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 11th April 2018, 09:12 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 71,023
Posted By Gustav
Thank you Lee, Kai and PBH. Until now I have...

Thank you Lee, Kai and PBH.

Until now I have noticed here 3 twistcore Kris with 4 bars running all the way through:

two older style Sulu with dense twists:
...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 10th April 2018, 01:30 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 71,023
Posted By Gustav
Maguindanao twistcore Kris.

Dear All,

something a bit unusual.

At 59,4 cm quite huge. It has 6 bars at the base of blade, the highest number I have seen on Kris so far, and 4 bars until the tip. The welding is done...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 9th April 2018, 08:20 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 12,978
Posted By Gustav
Thank you Jean and Kai. So it could be from...

Thank you Jean and Kai.

So it could be from everywhere in South Sulawesi.

Not enough space for piercing anymore, no idea about species. Definitely not from root.
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 8th April 2018, 10:33 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 12,978
Posted By Gustav
Yes, and by the same occasion the guy who did it...

Yes, and by the same occasion the guy who did it added also a stripe of it on spine of Gonjo. He had lots of time that day.

Sorry, but the welding flaw is in your eye, to paraphrase the saying.
...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 7th April 2018, 09:45 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 12,978
Posted By Gustav
Thank you, David. The "dress Keris" theory...

Thank you, David.

The "dress Keris" theory is perhaps the most safe guess. There are many of such small Kerisses from Sulawesi around, but complex Pamor is seldom seen. I think, for a pure dress...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 7th April 2018, 11:48 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 12,978
Posted By Gustav
Thank you, Jose! Rick, I feel the same. The...

Thank you, Jose!

Rick, I feel the same. The blade, by all it's simplicity, is well shaped and evokes a harmonius and somehow "completed" feeling. I often regret the new makers tend to exuberant...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 6th April 2018, 11:52 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 12,978
Posted By Gustav
Hello Kai, thank you! Yes, indeed, no...

Hello Kai,

thank you!

Yes, indeed, no twist. The feature common to Salayer hilts is the rather pronounced neck, the "bridge" under it is missing (if it ever was there, patina is absolutely...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 6th April 2018, 05:22 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 12,978
Posted By Gustav
Small Bugis Sepokal

Dear All,

an interesting small (blade length 24,5 cm) Bugis Sepokal with unusually elaborate Pamor - two twisted bars, separated by a central Adeg line on both sides, and Batu Lapak on one side....
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 28th March 2018, 09:33 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 22,067
Posted By Gustav
Ron, thank you!

Ron, thank you!
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 24th March 2018, 12:22 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 22,067
Posted By Gustav
Thank you all again! Perhaps CCUAL referred...

Thank you all again!

Perhaps CCUAL referred to the kris in the link he provided - it's indeed a 29 Luk blade, like Thilo's.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 21st March 2018, 02:43 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 22,067
Posted By Gustav
Thank you, gentlemen! Except for some spots...

Thank you, gentlemen!

Except for some spots of more or less active rust I will leave it as it is. It will look better with the battered handle as it is. No expectations of some special welding...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th March 2018, 02:57 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 22,067
Posted By Gustav
Maguindanao 25 Luk Kris

Dear All,

nothing very refined, nevertheless a nice blade (55,5 cm) of its kind, particularly the subtle tapering to the tip.
About 40% of outer binding on handle is gone. The quite fine inner...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 14th March 2018, 01:33 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 38,770
Posted By Gustav
And a picture from the now defunct UBB Forum,...

And a picture from the now defunct UBB Forum, which even better shows what I mean:
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 14th March 2018, 01:27 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 38,770
Posted By Gustav
Séverin, thank you for the pictures. I...

Séverin,

thank you for the pictures.

I attach two pictures of a Palembang Keris. They show the typical "thick" Greneng and Jenggot, the edge loosing its sharpness just before Ri Pandan (that's...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 9th March 2018, 11:50 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 20,766
Posted By Gustav
La Mello almost certainly is a Buginese name....

La Mello almost certainly is a Buginese name. Such are given also to honored weapons - La Sippo, La Makkawa.

In older times they were often written together:
La Galigo - Lagaligo

It is quite...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 4th March 2018, 01:01 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 22,329
Posted By Gustav
If I am not completely mistaken, we have seen at...

If I am not completely mistaken, we have seen at least two Kerisses of this maker on forum before, both Malela blades. He surely is improving.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 28th February 2018, 12:36 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 28,914
Posted By Gustav
And a rare one too, with four twisted bars.

And a rare one too, with four twisted bars.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 25th February 2018, 10:59 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 38,770
Posted By Gustav
The feature I wrote about isn't found on Javanese...

The feature I wrote about isn't found on Javanese Keris, also not Sunda or Cirebon Keris.

I am not 100% sure (but quite sure) the Pedang has it, to be sure a pic exactly of this feature is needed.
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