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10th November 2010, 08:35 PM | #1 |
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Help with unusual Tombak!!
Hi Guys,
This item is available locally and is described as an 'Indo Persian dagger', for obvious reasons I assume the attribution is a mistake. Being totally ignorant in your field of interest I was wondering if you would care to take a 'stab' at describing what this particular weapon is. I see it as two unrelated pieces, blade and hilt, put together perhaps by and for a colonial European. The European style hilt looks to be of good quality but I have no parameters with which to judge the blade. This is the only available photograph at the moment. My apologies if I have inadvertently crossed any boundaries with regard to your Forum etiquette. Regards, Norman. P.S. I am not looking for any monetary information regarding this item. Last edited by Norman McCormick; 10th November 2010 at 11:06 PM. |
10th November 2010, 08:39 PM | #2 |
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Norman, this item looks like a Javanese tombak to me with a dagger mount, something which is often done with these.
Since this forum is specifically for keris i am going to transfer this over to the main forum for discussion. |
10th November 2010, 08:44 PM | #3 |
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Thanks David, just goes to prove I was right about my obvious lack of knowledge re this type of item.
My Regards, Norman. |
10th November 2010, 09:30 PM | #4 |
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nice
Nice piece, the second such item of this type and quality that I have seen in as many months, the other having a bone and silver hilt....I'll see it I retained the images and post them...from memory it too was listed as Indo-Persian.....
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10th November 2010, 10:36 PM | #5 |
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David,
imho it doesn't look like but it is a javanese tombak. This type of hilt is very unusual for a tombak. |
10th November 2010, 10:51 PM | #6 | |
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Gav Last edited by freebooter; 11th November 2010 at 12:25 AM. |
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10th November 2010, 11:03 PM | #7 |
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Hi,
If the hilt is European it looks late 18th early 19thC in style, would that tie in with the age of the blade? Regards, Norman. |
11th November 2010, 12:13 AM | #8 | |
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Yes, let me second that...this is a Javanese tombak and to my eyes a rather nice one at that. |
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12th November 2010, 06:56 AM | #9 |
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Nice piece. Nice shape of the tombak and a very classy old hilt.
But indeed not very Indonesion in style. Maybe a close up of the gold an silver work near the base can give some more info on the origin of the hilt ? Best regards, Willem |
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