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Old 11th January 2009, 10:59 PM   #9
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Thank you all, Gentlemen.
These are better (?) pictures. I don't expect that they bring a better or a different conclusion, but maybe the paint quality can be discerned, Henk?
So definitely a tourist piece, Ben ? Made in the fifties/sixties ... for sure ? I had the impression it could be a bit older, although i know nothing about these things. But then the blade be the real thing ... a Javanese tombak, says Henk; surely older than the mountings, in such case ?!
Thanks for the link David; at least the shaft in this one is organic matter ... bone, in principle. And it seems as the whole extension is an entire piece; i don't feel any joints underneath the skin handle. Its form is not only bent but also twisted; i wonder whether it was manipulated by this device maker or it was the natural form of some animal horns ... not probably, i'd say.
Anyway and due to what has already been said, i am strongly considering the return of this thing and the acquisition of something else, instead. I just need a little further push, like the (re) confirmation that this piece is not old and is actually orientated to the tourist market. I don't expect any problems in returning it; the alternative piece i will buy is much more expensive, so the seller won't have much to complain.
Please go ahead, Gentlemen.
Fernando

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