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14th February 2012, 12:24 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Greenville, NC
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wow! What a magnificent piece. Thanks so much for letting us have a peek!
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14th February 2012, 03:08 AM
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EAAF Staff
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Louisville, KY
Posts: 7,272
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Wonderful piece - best type I have ever seen yet - thanks.
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14th February 2012, 04:03 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: OKLAHOMA, USA
Posts: 3,138
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WOW!! ITS NOT WHAT I EXPECTED AT ALL, ITS MUCH BETTER.
 I HAVE NOT SEEN THIS TYPE BEFORE AND IT SEEMS TO SHOW INFLUENCE FROM OLDER FORMS. WAS IT OF HINDU WITH INDIAN INFLUENCE OR PURELY ISLAMIC IN ITS CEREMONIAL USE OR PERHAPS SORT OF A MIX? WOULD IT ONLY BE USED IN CEREMONIES BY PRIESTS AND WHAT SORT OF CEREMONIES? THANKS FOR SHOWING IT IS A BEAUTY. 
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14th February 2012, 06:06 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Sweden
Posts: 1,637
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Thanks for sharing, it's the best I have seen so far (and I have handled six of them in my own and other collections).
Could you please also post a couple of close ups of the hilt and ferrule? I would place yours as the Palembang area based on the ferrule and blade features close to the hilt, too. Michael |
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