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Old 8th March 2012, 01:42 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by Jean
The blade looks a rough Bugis one to me, see the kembang kacang carved out from the gandik especially.
I noted this more as a Bugis influence than to see this as a true Bugis blade. This looks to have been made by a very unskilled smith who may have seen Bugis blades or was trying to make something like it from memory.
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