When is a javanese sword called a golok?

Maurice · 11th September 2007, 01:52 AM

Hello friends,

I bought this old golok/javanese sword recently.

I wonder when it is called a golok or when it's called a javanese sword?
When I look at Zonnevelds book at page 134 because of the handle and shape of the blade it is just called a sword of West Java (a sword without a specific name which is found all over the archipelago, in this case West Java).

But I wonder if it is not a golok because javanese friends would call it a golok, although it has no bird's head or wayang figure handle (as the goloks depicted in Zonnevelds book page 48, 49).

All the javanese people I know would call it definitly a golok.

So I hope you can help me understand why this is called a golok, or just not called a golok.

Maurice

11th September 2007, 01:52 AM	#1
Maurice Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,324	When is a javanese sword called a golok? Hello friends, I bought this old golok/javanese sword recently. I wonder when it is called a golok or when it's called a javanese sword? When I look at Zonnevelds book at page 134 because of the handle and shape of the blade it is just called a sword of West Java (a sword without a specific name which is found all over the archipelago, in this case West Java). But I wonder if it is not a golok because javanese friends would call it a golok, although it has no bird's head or wayang figure handle (as the goloks depicted in Zonnevelds book page 48, 49). All the javanese people I know would call it definitly a golok. So I hope you can help me understand why this is called a golok, or just not called a golok. Maurice Attached Images