Long interesting sword.

[John]

Originally Posted by Ian

Bill:

The pakayun is associated with the Murut who are not Dayak. Most of the Murut live in Sabah, I believe. John is our resident expert on that area and for this particular type of sword.

Ian.

Ian, actually I've been rather ignorant of many "things" from my own "backyard" (and still am) and have learnt things from our western forumites like I first learnt of the pakayun from Barry (Vandoo).

Bill's sword is indeed a Pakayun as Rick and Ian identified and associated with the Muruts most of whom live in Sabah and also the northern region of Sarawak and Kalimantan.

That's quite a nice piece Bill. I've seen pakayun blades with one to three grooves and have 3 pakayuns myself but nowhere as nice as yours.