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blackforest1959 · 25th July 2022, 07:42 AM

hello, just registered and only want tto introduce myself. I m a German living in Cibubur,Indonesia near Jakarta and a bloody newby in this hobby. But as for Keris, Indonesia is the perfect place to begin.
As i said, just beginning to dive into the dephts of Keris and its looking depper and deeper each day. attached a pic of a part of my collection

Rahayu
William

Anthony G. · 25th July 2022, 08:16 AM

Hello and enjoy the collection, welcome to the club.

jagabuwana · 25th July 2022, 09:48 AM

Welcome to the warkop, William!

How did you come to be interested in the keris?

blackforest1959 · 25th July 2022, 12:16 PM

thanks Jagabuwana,
can't remember anymore. I became fascinated by Indonesias history and hence with keris some time before i became 16 years old but it took me another 30 years to actually came here. around 8 years ago bought a Keris in an Antiquity shop in jakarta, why btw. i soon found out to be a Tumbuk Lada. I stayed interested in Keris since then but it seems still not have been the right time to get serious till an incident some time ago which made me buy a Keris for protection or counter magic. But then i got drawn into it rather quickly. It also helped that my wifes family is from Yogya. And now i am hooked. Pure magic

Anthony G. · 26th July 2022, 02:39 AM

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Originally Posted by blackforest1959

thanks Jagabuwana,
can't remember anymore. I became fascinated by Indonesias history and hence with keris some time before i became 16 years old but it took me another 30 years to actually came here. around 8 years ago bought a Keris in an Antiquity shop in jakarta, why btw. i soon found out to be a Tumbuk Lada. I stayed interested in Keris since then but it seems still not have been the right time to get serious till an incident some time ago which made me buy a Keris for protection or counter magic. But then i got drawn into it rather quickly. It also helped that my wifes family is from Yogya. And now i am hooked. Pure magic

I am curious about the incident, with due respect; do u think you can share?

blackforest1959 · 26th July 2022, 04:24 AM

to some extend i can. My wife is running a shop since a few years and it went quiet well. After the malls opened again (Covid) we opened again too and again it went well for a few weeks. Then suddenly sales dropped nearly to zero and our SPG said it is as if our shop was invisible for the customers. Then she consulted her grandmother a chinese fortune teller whereas my wife , as muslima, consulted a famous local Ustad(islamic scholar). Both came to the same result that our shop has been cursed. The Ustad even specified that it was done with soil from a grave by a man. Our SPG remembered that one morning soil was spread over our shop floor. The advice from the fortune teller helped immediately , but only for 2 days. Whereas the recommended treatment from The Ustad, consecreted water, showed no resut at all, not even after weeks. Then suddenly a keris popped up somewhere and i thought why not give it a try, against the sceptism of my wife(!). I bought it which led to the purchase of 3 more and the business has been good ever since.

So and now close your eyes and sleep, tomorrow, if you are behave nice, pappa will tell you another story!

I know sounds weird, but here it is reality which no one doubts.

kai · 27th July 2022, 08:09 AM

Welcome to the forum, William!

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attached a pic of a part of my collection

That's already a quite sizeable start with some interesting Sunda pieces, too!

Feel free to post any (possibly in the main ethno forum).

Regards,
Kai

blackforest1959 · 27th July 2022, 11:10 AM

thanxalot Kai,

will do if i think one of the items is worth it.

25th July 2022, 07:42 AM	#1
blackforest1959 Member Join Date: Jul 2022 Location: Cibubur, bekasi, Indonesia Posts: 10	dropping by, say hello hello, just registered and only want tto introduce myself. I m a German living in Cibubur,Indonesia near Jakarta and a bloody newby in this hobby. But as for Keris, Indonesia is the perfect place to begin. As i said, just beginning to dive into the dephts of Keris and its looking depper and deeper each day. attached a pic of a part of my collection Rahayu William Attached Images

25th July 2022, 08:16 AM	#2
Anthony G. Member Join Date: Mar 2018 Posts: 463	Hello and enjoy the collection, welcome to the club.

25th July 2022, 09:48 AM	#3
jagabuwana Member Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 281	Welcome to the warkop, William! How did you come to be interested in the keris?

25th July 2022, 12:16 PM	#4
blackforest1959 Member Join Date: Jul 2022 Location: Cibubur, bekasi, Indonesia Posts: 10	thanks Jagabuwana, can't remember anymore. I became fascinated by Indonesias history and hence with keris some time before i became 16 years old but it took me another 30 years to actually came here. around 8 years ago bought a Keris in an Antiquity shop in jakarta, why btw. i soon found out to be a Tumbuk Lada. I stayed interested in Keris since then but it seems still not have been the right time to get serious till an incident some time ago which made me buy a Keris for protection or counter magic. But then i got drawn into it rather quickly. It also helped that my wifes family is from Yogya. And now i am hooked. Pure magic

26th July 2022, 04:24 AM	#6
blackforest1959 Member Join Date: Jul 2022 Location: Cibubur, bekasi, Indonesia Posts: 10	to some extend i can. My wife is running a shop since a few years and it went quiet well. After the malls opened again (Covid) we opened again too and again it went well for a few weeks. Then suddenly sales dropped nearly to zero and our SPG said it is as if our shop was invisible for the customers. Then she consulted her grandmother a chinese fortune teller whereas my wife , as muslima, consulted a famous local Ustad(islamic scholar). Both came to the same result that our shop has been cursed. The Ustad even specified that it was done with soil from a grave by a man. Our SPG remembered that one morning soil was spread over our shop floor. The advice from the fortune teller helped immediately , but only for 2 days. Whereas the recommended treatment from The Ustad, consecreted water, showed no resut at all, not even after weeks. Then suddenly a keris popped up somewhere and i thought why not give it a try, against the sceptism of my wife(!). I bought it which led to the purchase of 3 more and the business has been good ever since. So and now close your eyes and sleep, tomorrow, if you are behave nice, pappa will tell you another story! I know sounds weird, but here it is reality which no one doubts.

27th July 2022, 11:10 AM	#8
blackforest1959 Member Join Date: Jul 2022 Location: Cibubur, bekasi, Indonesia Posts: 10	thanxalot Kai, will do if i think one of the items is worth it.