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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 5th August 2017, 10:50 AM
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Posted By Johan van Zyl
Are those hilts made of wood?

Are those hilts made of wood?
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 4th August 2017, 09:35 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 44,202
Posted By Johan van Zyl
I want to try to dispel some of the seriousness...

I want to try to dispel some of the seriousness of this debate/discussion with a humorous anecdote of my own. Having varied interest, not only in the keris, I have followed many such debates, just as...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 30th July 2017, 11:18 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 44,202
Posted By Johan van Zyl
Thank you Alan and all other participants in this...

Thank you Alan and all other participants in this fascinating thread. I would have liked to see some more relevant pics, but I must say I am very much satisfied with the information given. Your...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 28th July 2017, 11:15 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 44,202
Posted By Johan van Zyl
So true! But let me describe my own mindset in...

So true! But let me describe my own mindset in regard to our "available" threescore-and-ten plus bonus years before coming to the on-topic point of this post (and I'm saying this not for Alan...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 27th July 2017, 10:47 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 44,202
Posted By Johan van Zyl
Well, as a 71-year old, let me say to you, Alan:...

Well, as a 71-year old, let me say to you, Alan: we're still young enough for very many years, and may those years be filled with further fulfilling labours. I have been a scholar all my life and am...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 26th July 2017, 11:21 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 44,202
Posted By Johan van Zyl
Having read everything that was said above, I now...

Having read everything that was said above, I now come to a question I would like to ask. It is a question I would think somebody somewhere sometime in this forum would inevitably ask. Perhaps it has...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 25th July 2017, 01:30 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 44,202
Posted By Johan van Zyl
I am very much intrigued by this thread. I've...

I am very much intrigued by this thread. I've gone to my two krisses and inspected the grenengs minutely. My Javanese kris has two identical ron dhas, but the Bugis kris seems not to have even one.
...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 22nd July 2017, 11:54 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 12,652
Posted By Johan van Zyl
My take is that a worthy keris is a combination...

My take is that a worthy keris is a combination of genuineness and true craftmanship, together with the cultural canny of the empu, so that the symbolics are correctly understood and presented. I...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 21st July 2017, 03:48 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 12,652
Posted By Johan van Zyl
Spectacular dress, Corrado, and spectacular...

Spectacular dress, Corrado, and spectacular blade. But the word spectacular does not bear witness to genuineness. At least it was really cheap, you said.

Me, I was 70 when I got my first keris!...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 18th July 2017, 01:27 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 32,666
Posted By Johan van Zyl
Of course, the terms describing the...

Of course, the terms describing the depth/shallowness of the waves as "strong/weak" was poorly chosen. Yes, the tangguh classification needs to be taken into account. I noticed the relatively deep...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 17th July 2017, 10:16 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 32,666
Posted By Johan van Zyl
It does look much better. Something I am...

It does look much better.

Something I am noticing: the 13 waves are very well executed, in the sense that they are strongly curving. I don't recall that I have read anything yet about strongly...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 15th July 2017, 11:08 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 10,818
Posted By Johan van Zyl
Coming to David's suggestion that I translate the...

Coming to David's suggestion that I translate the article: I might consider it if I can get my energy up for the task. Translation is never straight-forward, but an exacting art. To flex my...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 14th July 2017, 12:22 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 10,818
Posted By Johan van Zyl
Thank you, David & others. I am in the process of...

Thank you, David & others. I am in the process of complying to the PM requests of some forum members. Please bear in mind that I had to make very compressed statements in an article of only two...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 13th July 2017, 01:29 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 10,818
Posted By Johan van Zyl
Thanks, Marius & Bjorn. Yes, they are in...

Thanks, Marius & Bjorn. Yes, they are in Afrikaans, and yes, the one on the Bugis keris is available. The one on the Java keris is awaiting publication, so ethically I should not set it "free" yet. ...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 12th July 2017, 10:47 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 10,818
Posted By Johan van Zyl
My appreciation of the keris

Friends, with this thread I do not mean to show you a new keris which I got (I wish - fat chance for that to happen to the likes of me and considering my whereabouts), but just to try to convey to...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 18th May 2017, 10:23 AM
Replies: 90
Views: 53,652
Posted By Johan van Zyl
After reading your post, Alan, I laughed at...

After reading your post, Alan, I laughed at myself awhile. I admitted to myself for the umpteenth time that - verily - there does not exist a substitute for experience. Oh well, at least I did not do...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 17th May 2017, 03:49 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 53,652
Posted By Johan van Zyl
Having purchased the special antique wax by...

Having purchased the special antique wax by Woodoc, conforming closest to your kind advice given so kindly by you all, I have applied two coats and have given the scabbard a good rubbing. Here are...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 15th May 2017, 10:03 AM
Replies: 90
Views: 53,652
Posted By Johan van Zyl
I've done a lot of reading up on products that...

I've done a lot of reading up on products that are available here in my neck of the woods, that conform closest to the excellent suggestions you all have been making with regard to my nearly...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 13th May 2017, 03:24 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 53,652
Posted By Johan van Zyl
What I understand from this last post of yours,...

What I understand from this last post of yours, Alan, is that you're saying boiled linseed oil is better than Danish oil and preferable to use on this wrongko.

It so happens I have a supply of...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 13th May 2017, 09:38 AM
Replies: 90
Views: 53,652
Posted By Johan van Zyl
Thank you, all - you have once again given me...

Thank you, all - you have once again given me much to ponder on. And while I ponder, it is a good hint that I use the time wisely, to carry on even further with the preparation of the wood before...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 12th May 2017, 02:06 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 53,652
Posted By Johan van Zyl
If I may interrupt Rasdan and Alan's very...

If I may interrupt Rasdan and Alan's very interesting discussion for a moment, let me show the latest pic of my nearly completed project. What comes to my mind is the following: WYSIWYG = What you...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 10th May 2017, 03:33 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 53,652
Posted By Johan van Zyl
I'm sorry to burden you all with more pics of my...

I'm sorry to burden you all with more pics of my project so soon (I know there's lots more important stuff going on in our forum members' collections & discussions) but I'm feeling like a kid now,...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 10th May 2017, 03:30 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 53,652
Posted By Johan van Zyl
Rasdan, of course it's not my intention to cause...

Rasdan, of course it's not my intention to cause future keris archeological havoc, but I am laughing merrily at the scenario you sketched. You suggest I make the gambar in my own signature style, but...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 10th May 2017, 11:00 AM
Replies: 90
Views: 53,652
Posted By Johan van Zyl
Jean & Kai, looking once more at your latest...

Jean & Kai, looking once more at your latest pics, I am totally impressed with the craftmanship of the old mranggi's. And I am now in the position to appreciate their skill even more!

Thanks,...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 9th May 2017, 04:18 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 53,652
Posted By Johan van Zyl
Sigh - yes, the house I grew up in at Simonstown...

Sigh - yes, the house I grew up in at Simonstown also had such a floor. In Afrikaans we called it a "blokkiesvloer" (block-floor). My mom polished it regularly with an electric Columbus two-brush wax...
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