Tumbok lada

Devadatta · 7th October 2009, 09:52 PM

Just received this one today, seems really beautiful for me, but the blade was a little bit sharpened.

Actually it's really small. The blade is about 15 cm.

Devadatta · 7th October 2009, 09:53 PM

Sajen · 8th October 2009, 01:08 AM

Very nice dagger, would call it Sewar and not Tumbok Lada. Look better on your pictures then from the seller. Conratulation!

sajen

Devadatta · 9th October 2009, 06:40 AM

Hello Sajen, thanks for your comment but I was thinking that a Sewar shall have much longer scabbard appendix so the scabbard would have an inversed L shape.

Sajen · 9th October 2009, 01:02 PM

Hello Devadatta,

that's a name game at all. You can found many lightly different dagger under different names as there are Seiva, Sejwa, Siva, Siwai, Tembok Lada, Toemboek Lada and so on (many more). Tumbok Lada mean "pepper crusher" because a specific form of a handle. When you go with Albert Zonneveld in his book "Traditional Weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago" is the blade of a Tumbok Lada broader and thicker as the blade of a Sewar. I will show you for example my collection of Sewar. The hilt and sheat of a Sewar can differ from one region to the other.

Gess · 9th October 2009, 03:24 PM

Wow!!! Very, very nice!

Lew · 9th October 2009, 05:04 PM

Devadatta

I was watching that one it is small but well made the head is ivory.

Congrats

Lew

7th October 2009, 09:52 PM	#1
Devadatta Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 118	Tumbok lada Just received this one today, seems really beautiful for me, but the blade was a little bit sharpened. Actually it's really small. The blade is about 15 cm.

9th October 2009, 01:02 PM	#5
Sajen Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany, Dortmund Posts: 8,781	Hello Devadatta, that's a name game at all. You can found many lightly different dagger under different names as there are Seiva, Sejwa, Siva, Siwai, Tembok Lada, Toemboek Lada and so on (many more). Tumbok Lada mean "pepper crusher" because a specific form of a handle. When you go with Albert Zonneveld in his book "Traditional Weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago" is the blade of a Tumbok Lada broader and thicker as the blade of a Sewar. I will show you for example my collection of Sewar. The hilt and sheat of a Sewar can differ from one region to the other. Attached Images Last edited by Sajen; 9th October 2009 at 06:18 PM.

9th October 2009, 05:04 PM	#7
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	Devadatta I was watching that one it is small but well made the head is ivory. Congrats Lew Last edited by LOUIEBLADES; 9th October 2009 at 09:01 PM.

7th October 2009, 09:53 PM	#2
Devadatta Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 118

8th October 2009, 01:08 AM	#3
Sajen Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany, Dortmund Posts: 8,781	Very nice dagger, would call it Sewar and not Tumbok Lada. Look better on your pictures then from the seller. Conratulation! sajen

9th October 2009, 06:40 AM	#4
Devadatta Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 118	Hello Sajen, thanks for your comment but I was thinking that a Sewar shall have much longer scabbard appendix so the scabbard would have an inversed L shape.

9th October 2009, 03:24 PM	#6
Gess Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Russia, Moscow Posts: 44	Wow!!! Very, very nice!