a parang by another name?

Marcus · 7th August 2016, 09:07 PM

This is on order from Oriental Arms. Artzi just refers to it as a Indonesian pedang. Information would be appreciated in narrowing down the where, when, and what. Once I get it in I'll be hoping for help on translating the inscriptions.
Marcus

asomotif · 7th August 2016, 11:21 PM

Hello Marcus,

It reminds me of this pedang :

http://vikingsword.com/vb/showthread...ghlight=pedang

Marcus · 8th August 2016, 02:15 AM

That seemed like it was indeed a similar parang but the discussion was not very productive. No one actually offered any translations that I saw.

Gavin Nugent · 8th August 2016, 10:42 AM

Marcus,

Have you invested in any books on the subjects that you have interest in?

Gavin

Sajen · 8th August 2016, 12:52 PM

Hello Marcus,

very nice pedang, think that it is from Lombok. But I think that the inscription is very recent. Sorry, can't help with the translation.
I would recommend to you the book from Albert G. Van Zonneveld, "Traditional Weapons Of The Indonesian Archipelago", ISBN 90-5450-004-2. It is a pedang and not a parang.

Best regards,
Detlef

Green · 8th August 2016, 01:03 PM

regarding the script... if it's in arabic script, it's a very bad scrawl... imagine a doctor's prescription writing. It's not legible at all and the writing is as though attempted by one who didn't know arabic script.

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7th August 2016, 11:21 PM	#2
asomotif Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 2,236	Hello Marcus, It reminds me of this pedang : http://vikingsword.com/vb/showthread...ghlight=pedang

8th August 2016, 10:42 AM	#4
Gavin Nugent Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,818	Marcus, Have you invested in any books on the subjects that you have interest in? Gavin

8th August 2016, 12:52 PM	#5
Sajen Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany, Dortmund Posts: 9,401	Hello Marcus, very nice pedang, think that it is from Lombok. But I think that the inscription is very recent. Sorry, can't help with the translation. I would recommend to you the book from Albert G. Van Zonneveld, "Traditional Weapons Of The Indonesian Archipelago", ISBN 90-5450-004-2. It is a pedang and not a parang. Best regards, Detlef

8th August 2016, 01:03 PM	#6
Green Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Malaysia Posts: 325	regarding the script... if it's in arabic script, it's a very bad scrawl... imagine a doctor's prescription writing. It's not legible at all and the writing is as though attempted by one who didn't know arabic script.