Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
13th May 2024, 09:17 PM
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Yes David, all true.
However, if we were to...
Yes David, all true.
However, if we were to remove all dress items from this blade, what classification do you believe most experienced students of the keris would give it?
By "classification"...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
13th May 2024, 12:25 AM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
12th May 2024, 09:15 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
11th May 2024, 11:47 PM
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Madura ladrang.
Pamor is the same on both...
Madura ladrang.
Pamor is the same on both sides, just more worn on one side than the other. The side with less prolific contrasting material probably started as thinner layer of pamor in the...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
11th May 2024, 11:43 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
11th May 2024, 01:45 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
10th May 2024, 11:21 PM
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It is an older Madura keris, & as such I feel...
It is an older Madura keris, & as such I feel that if we want to classify it as ron variation, we really should stick with the designation of Bulu Ayam.
However, I can't make my mind up if this is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th May 2024, 09:48 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
10th May 2024, 12:33 AM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
9th May 2024, 10:12 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
9th May 2024, 09:32 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
9th May 2024, 12:47 PM
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How long is the blade, how long overall?
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How long is the blade, how long overall?
Looking at the two keris, side by side, I'd probably call this a patrem, provided the other keris is normal.
If requested a m'ranggi will use whatever...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
7th May 2024, 11:57 PM
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Yes, there were keris with luk in the late...
Yes, there were keris with luk in the late pre-Islamic period, but at that time the bladed weapon that we now know as "keris/kris" was something that would have been restricted to the elites.
The...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th May 2024, 09:33 PM
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Motifs I do have high interest in, woods not so...
Motifs I do have high interest in, woods not so much. This is perhaps due to my principal interest being in Jawa & Bali, & Jawa has used imported woods for many years and until the present. Knowing...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th May 2024, 02:34 AM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
7th May 2024, 02:28 AM
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Yes, a sajen, no trace of Sombro in it.
Yes,...
Yes, a sajen, no trace of Sombro in it.
Yes, old, but after the common use & understanding of the waved keris as a societal icon, so after the spread into general society of the waved keris, &...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th May 2024, 08:28 AM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
5th May 2024, 09:48 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th May 2024, 01:35 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th May 2024, 12:12 AM
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Thank you Athanase & Kino.
We now have a...
Thank you Athanase & Kino.
We now have a pretty good collection of opinions here, & combined with the ones that I already had prior to beginning this thread we have certainly covered a wide area. ...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
4th May 2024, 09:31 PM
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This is a 100% Madura keris.
It dates from...
This is a 100% Madura keris.
It dates from after 1991, probably long after 1991.
The character in the sorsoran is the Unicode text form for "Allah", it is missing one element, but it is very...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
4th May 2024, 09:15 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th May 2024, 12:31 AM
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Thank you Kai & Ian.
Ian, the rest of the...
Thank you Kai & Ian.
Ian, the rest of the stem section of the hilt is exactly the same as you can see in the photograph. Faceted hilts are very common in Indonesia, especially in Jawa, the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd May 2024, 10:32 PM
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