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Am I correct ?
Most Dayak swords of Borneo were made of soft steel. This means they were easy to blunt but easy to sharpen; plus they would not break so easily when hitting a hard object. Correct ? |
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Please note that dayak swords were made under very primitif conditions.
Some from local iron-ore, others from imported ore, recent blades can even have chinese makers marks ![]() Your question suggests that there was some kind of standard quality. Maybe Dajak or mandaukudi can advise ![]() |
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There are some perfect blade s welmade
There are even laminated blade s made Latok s very wel made VVV has a nice laminated one pakayun s very wel forged Jimpul s and parang Ihlang parang sangkit these have mostly very Blade s . I talk here about the old stuff not the newly you see today for sale (the price for the nice forged ones starts easely at 1500.00 till 15,000.00 euro s and sometimes more just to give an indication) So high quality stuff that s not often on the market and at least mostly before before 1900.. I will put some pics later Michael can you post your nice Latok here to see it has one off the best blade quality that I know and from an very good collection Regards Ben |
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Ben,
In my files I only have an old picture I took when I bought it and unfortunately no close up of the blade. Look forward to see some of your examples. Michael |
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I cannot figure why are they so bloody expensive...
I have just one parang ihlang in my collection and it has an old quality blade. I think that it was made before 1900 and I've bought it from a wife of an old deceased collector for a bargain price, together with its piso podang. Sadly no scabbard included. Is that one of those very sought after pieces or not? |
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Hi
Thanks for the information. I am posting because my dad has a Dayak sword. It was bought in Brunei in 1968 (he was military). My comments above was basically what he said about Dayak swords. I am trying to get a picture of it from him. It has a scabbard etc. There is also a dayak hat with lots of feathers in it that goes with the sword. |
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Dayak were famous for the quality of their blades in Indonesia! As far as I know, Dayak blades were very desired in whole Indonesia.
I have one old Mandau, made from flawless forged laminated mono-steel with a differential hardened cutting edge and this blade is of extraordinary high quality. Roland |
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