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Hi all, I'm back with three "new" pieces that I never show before on the forum: a mandau, a pedang 1 and a straight guradè (or saif as you preferr). Any commet, as usual, is very appreciated. Thank you
![]() P.S. any idea on the mandau hilt? why it's so different from the hilts that usual we can see on this weapons? Last edited by Flavio; 18th March 2007 at 01:15 PM. |
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The pedang. The lamination on the blade is very beautiful! Who knows the meaning of the big H on the guard?
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... and the guradè. The decoration is the same on both sides of the blade. Unfortunatly no rhino for the hilt
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the bottom one has the lion of judah. ethiopia, perhaps?
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Hello Ron, yes the guradè has the lion of judah on one side and it's a tipical ethiopan sword. Regards
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A very nice peudeueng peusangan with a hulu meu apet ( pedang type 1). I believe the pattern you talk about is just a vegetative motif. If is seen on many hulu meu apet, I will try to post some more pictures soon of some. The floral motifs seen in Aceh are very common on weapons. Geometric and vegetative motifs are often symetrical. And very often enclosed in lines or borders. While it would be an H in the latin alphabet I am pretty sure they mostly use the arabic alphabet there. I hope someone here can add more on this Maybe Utami will see this soon he is our man on the ground so to speak on these swords. Or Albert he certainly will have some good input on it. |
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Some images
![]() ![]() ![]() Some on Artzi's site http://www.oriental-arms.com/photos/...02262/ph-4.jpg http://www.oriental-arms.com/photos/...02168/ph-4.jpg http://www.oriental-arms.com/photos/...01161/ph-5.jpg http://www.oriental-arms.com/photos/...02189/ph-4.jpg Last edited by RhysMichael; 19th March 2007 at 01:33 AM. |
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Hi Flavio,
Congrats... I really like the Pedang.. ![]() The blade on the Gurade is also very nice.....is it European ? My knowledge of SEA weapons could be written on a postage stamp.....but the blade on the Mandau seems quite modern, the hilt has very little wear or patina. (yesterday I posted a recent Mandau.....functional, well balanced and basic with a good forged blade...but 40+ years old) Regards David |
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