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....well, technically, according to Zonneveld(Traditional Weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago), when it's a SADAP.
The sadap is identical to a parang lotok except that its elbow is octagonal, or eight-sided. The example below has become one of my favorite pieces. It is of superb quality throughtout, most especially the heavy blade. Last edited by CharlesS; 27th December 2005 at 08:02 PM. Reason: spelling error |
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Go on rub our noses in it!!
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Wow!
Dimensions of this piece? The wrapping on the hilt is as thin as it can get. |
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Chuckmeister, you have a good piece there. I love the chiseling.
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Woooow, both pieces are just magnificent. Congrats on such pieces. Not a parang latok, but still.......
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Hi all,
Except for the octagonal elbow, as Charles pointed out, usually the sadap has more flowery carvings at the hilt than the Latok. The reason is that the sadap is Melanau (Malay Muslims) and the Latok is Land Dayak so they belong to different tribes. My Sadap is also almost 1,5 times bigger overall than my Latoks. The Latoks also differ between Dayak tribes from more simple wooden hilts to the carved antler horn hilt (enclosed Latok hilt examples below). Michael |
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....all along I thought I had a Parang Latok....
Thanks for clearing it up. |
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