Nice Sundanese Parang/Golok for comments

Sajen · 6th August 2017, 01:24 AM

Hello Athanase,

like Kai said already, a very nice gobang. The handle on yours and the other one you missed show Makara, not a tiger, see here my Cirebon (?) sword with Makara handle: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ghlight=makara
Gobangs were discussed here several times, see for example here: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...light=sulawesi & http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ghlight=gobang

Regards,
Detlef
PS: you have pm

Athanase · 6th August 2017, 09:42 AM

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The handle on yours and the other one you missed show Makara, not a tiger

Ok,
In my head I understood that the makara was only an animal with a more protruding mouth and trunk with a more demonic or dragon aspect.
Thank you for clarifying this.
Also I hesitated to give the name of gobang because the blade resembled much the Tjikereoh style and I thought (wrongly) that the gobang had only handles of geometric shape as in your last two links.

CharlesS · 6th August 2017, 06:22 PM

Congrats on a lovely addition to your collection. That is one of the better quality and most attractive gobangs I have seen. Both hilt and blade are outstanding, as is the lovely, patinated, scabbard.

6th August 2017, 09:42 AM	#2
Athanase Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Paris (France) Posts: 417	HTML Code: The handle on yours and the other one you missed show Makara, not a tiger Ok, In my head I understood that the makara was only an animal with a more protruding mouth and trunk with a more demonic or dragon aspect. Thank you for clarifying this. Also I hesitated to give the name of gobang because the blade resembled much the Tjikereoh style and I thought (wrongly) that the gobang had only handles of geometric shape as in your last two links.

6th August 2017, 01:24 AM	#1
Sajen Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany, Dortmund Posts: 9,164	Hello Athanase, like Kai said already, a very nice gobang. The handle on yours and the other one you missed show Makara, not a tiger, see here my Cirebon (?) sword with Makara handle: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ghlight=makara Gobangs were discussed here several times, see for example here: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...light=sulawesi & http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ghlight=gobang Regards, Detlef PS: you have pm

6th August 2017, 06:22 PM	#3
CharlesS Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 1,854	Congrats on a lovely addition to your collection. That is one of the better quality and most attractive gobangs I have seen. Both hilt and blade are outstanding, as is the lovely, patinated, scabbard.