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17th March 2020, 03:58 AM
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Indonesia? Philippine? #1
Can someone please ID this for me.
Stu |
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17th March 2020, 12:49 PM
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Hi Stu:
Not Philippines IMHO. It is a humble, village quality parang that could be from Java, but Sumatra or Kalimantan might be possibilities also. It's a general purpose knife, mainly for gardening/agricultural purposes. Perhaps someone here can help you identify it more closely with regard to the style of the scabbard or hilt, but they look fairly non-specific to me. I've taken the liberty of lightening one of your pics to better show the hilt and scabbard details. Regards, Ian |
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17th March 2020, 04:31 PM
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Hello Stu,
I would say that it is a golok from Sunda (West Java). Regards, Detlef |
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17th March 2020, 05:28 PM
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It is a parang from Borneo.
The description by Ian is correct. Village made. |
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17th March 2020, 05:37 PM
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For me it's golok from Sunda or south Sumatra. I have the same but entirely covered with a foil of repoussé silver.
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17th March 2020, 05:47 PM
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The scabbard mouth is typical for Sunda, special by golok scabbards!
 South Sumatra was strong influenced from Sunda.Compare with old threads. 
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