Old bali blade in tourist dress

[Alam Shah]

Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey

From photos, and out of stain, anything is possible, however, the blumbangan looks bata adeg in the pics, and the ada-ada is difficult to align to any Javanese blade, additionally, even though the ron dha is eroded, filling in with possibilities, I cannot see a Javanese ron dha, the sogokan are finely formed, more typical of Balinese workmanship, the pawakan is difficult to judge because of the camera angles, but it has the gutsy look of Bali to me, not the delicacy of Jawa or the sinister quality of old Madura.The top of the gonjo is hard to align to Jawa. Just too many things that don't fit a Jawa blade. If you say "Jawa", you need to be able to say "Jawa whatever". I cannot do that with this blade, and there is nothing of Madura in it that can see.

Thanks for the pointers... I see... good valid points.