27th September 2024, 07:56 PM | #1 |
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Looking for beginners guide to Keris
Hi!
Some of you may already noticed that there is a project called "The Gladiological" which I recently found - it´s an online magazine about swords from all over the world basically. We already have plenty of articles about European and Near Eastern swords, but looking at the masses of information in this specific subforum I cannot pass without asking if there is anybody here who would be keen to pass on his/her knowledge about Keris for people like me who are pretty much unfamiliar about this kind of sword in a "beginners guide" for the magazine. If you are interested, please get in touch via our website (www.thegladiological.com) or private message here! Patrick |
27th September 2024, 11:22 PM | #2 |
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Patrick, I've had a look at this site, and I would appreciate your further comments.
It seems to me that the objective of this site is to provide a place for the online publication of writings --- ie, articles or whatever --- that deal with edged weaponry. Am I correct or am I incorrect? Perhaps the compilation of a directory of online sources of information related to edged weaponry might be a worthwhile project? |
28th September 2024, 07:53 AM | #3 |
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there are many books and there are many scholarly articles, but these days information on line is what works the best.
Personally I find that there have been, over the years, some sites from which I got much help and information. One is certainly http://old.blades.free.fr, admittedly the navigation isn't very intuitive but once you get to explore this you will get a lot of information, please explore (as I said the exploration isn't as intuitive as it may be), there is a LOT there not only on krises but also other edged weapons from the area and way beyond |
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Hi A.G., Hi Milandro,
thank you for replying! - The Site is mainly about edged weapons and I will implement noswonogus too (not swords and not guns, like axes and spears). - A list of links is probably something for forums like this one. I made the Glad primarily because I love to write. - I personally will not research Keris swords, and wonÂ’t write about them. I am looking for somebody who knows about the topic and likes to write something basic for readers with different interests than Keris. - Thanks for the sources. I will check them. Such articles are ideal for people who are just curious what a certain topic offers but do not intend to collect those swords and spend hours into research. ItÂ’s supposed to be an excourse, a glimpse over the edge. I was once asked if we pay our authors - the whole project is being resized in our free time and is not even non-profit, but non-financial, we practically loose money by making everything available for free and like to write and share knowledge. But we cannot cover every type of swords on earth with our small team. Maybe I wasnÂ’t clear enough |
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Cheers! If I were you I'd still give it a go and contact the person whom seems to be running that site
Dominique Buttin dbuttin@hotmail.com here his biography http://old.blades.free.fr/utilities/biography.htm |
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