Indonesian Dagger ?

naturalist · 29th June 2022, 10:09 PM

Good day Drac2K,
Thank you so much for showing a really nice specimen.
I know nothing on the differences between tombak and dagger, however, i saw no "methuk" on your specimen. I am sure that methuk is normally occurs in tombak. Yours is kind of ricasso instead of methuk.
Yesterday actually i really want to post a specimen of mine that may be relevant to your post.
The style of sarangka (sheath), reminds me of specimens that come from West Java.
I lack experience and knowledge to be able to understand better on the handle.
Nowadays, most of the specimens are in a new contemporary sheath and handle. Your sheath and handle in my opinion are not in "seken" type, if it is in seken type, that's normally the sheath and handle of "retired" spearhead.

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29th June 2022, 10:09 PM	#2
naturalist Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 64	Good day Drac2K, Thank you so much for showing a really nice specimen. I know nothing on the differences between tombak and dagger, however, i saw no "methuk" on your specimen. I am sure that methuk is normally occurs in tombak. Yours is kind of ricasso instead of methuk. Yesterday actually i really want to post a specimen of mine that may be relevant to your post. The style of sarangka (sheath), reminds me of specimens that come from West Java. I lack experience and knowledge to be able to understand better on the handle. Nowadays, most of the specimens are in a new contemporary sheath and handle. Your sheath and handle in my opinion are not in "seken" type, if it is in seken type, that's normally the sheath and handle of "retired" spearhead.