Is this a Tombak?

blue lander · 1st July 2015, 05:19 PM

I thought it might be a snapped off tip of a keris but that wouldn't explain the tang. The seller said he bought it from a keris dealer.

Sajen · 1st July 2015, 08:19 PM

Hello Blue,

not a tombak, agree with David. Maybe just a knife without special name. Call it pisou (knife)!

blue lander · 1st July 2015, 08:48 PM

Kronckew mention the hilt/scabbard looks like a looks like a tumbuk lada

Sajen · 1st July 2015, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by blue lander

Kronckew mention the hilt/scabbard looks like a looks like a tumbuk lada

Not really. You can find similar scabbard styles by many Indonesian blades, badik, golok and so on.

kronckew · 1st July 2015, 10:54 PM

'tombak lada' means pepper crusher which is the hilt style rather than the more generic scabbard.. the hilt is quite like that. the blade is not typical, being double edged & looks like it was cut from some other blade, maybe a keris.

i'd compared it to another online example:

Sajen · 1st July 2015, 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by kronckew

tombak lada means pepper crusher. the hilt is quite like that.

i'd compared it to another online example:

Hello Wayne,

what you show seems to my eyes a cheaply made tourist knife.

Here some examples of real/antique tumbok ladas. Pepper crusher is correct.

kronckew · 1st July 2015, 11:14 PM

i just picked one off google that was close to the originally posted one by blue lander, not as a typical tumbuk lada, but one that may have been a marriage of convenience.

Rick · 1st July 2015, 11:12 PM

A Shank with pamor .
It was made for only one purpose .

blue lander · 1st July 2015, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Rick

A Shank with pamor .
It was made for only one purpose .

Could you really shank someone with a hilt like that though? It doesn't look very comfortable . I guess I'll find out when it arrives.

1st July 2015, 10:54 PM	#5
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,239	'tombak lada' means pepper crusher which is the hilt style rather than the more generic scabbard.. the hilt is quite like that. the blade is not typical, being double edged & looks like it was cut from some other blade, maybe a keris. i'd compared it to another online example: Last edited by kronckew; 1st July 2015 at 11:09 PM.

1st July 2015, 11:12 PM	#8
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,348	A Shank with pamor . It was made for only one purpose . Last edited by Rick; 1st July 2015 at 11:27 PM.

1st July 2015, 05:19 PM	#1
blue lander Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 456	I thought it might be a snapped off tip of a keris but that wouldn't explain the tang. The seller said he bought it from a keris dealer.

1st July 2015, 08:19 PM	#2
Sajen Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany, Dortmund Posts: 9,277	Hello Blue, not a tombak, agree with David. Maybe just a knife without special name. Call it pisou (knife)!

1st July 2015, 08:48 PM	#3
blue lander Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 456	Kronckew mention the hilt/scabbard looks like a looks like a tumbuk lada

1st July 2015, 11:14 PM	#7
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,239	i just picked one off google that was close to the originally posted one by blue lander, not as a typical tumbuk lada, but one that may have been a marriage of convenience.