Sumatran pedang for comment.

[Sajen]

Hello Séverin,

what a beauty! Can you post pictures in this quality from the whole sword?

Regards,
Detlef

[Gustav]

Séverin,

thank you for the pictures.

I attach two pictures of a Palembang Keris. They show the typical "thick" Greneng and Jenggot, the edge loosing its sharpness just before Ri Pandan (that's why we more often see a complete Greneng surviving on Palembang Keris) and the Udan Mas-like Pamor treatment.

The Jenggot on you Pedang also is "thick" - till now I haven't see a Sundanese or Cirebon or Javanese Keris with this feature, and my main interest is Keris.
Maybe we could encounter this feature on a Pedang from Sunda - I don't know.

[Gustav]

And a picture from the now defunct UBB Forum, which even better shows what I mean:

[Athanase]

Hello,
I recently received a new pedang from Sumatra that looks very similar to the one at the beginning of this topic.

The handle is a little different, the iron guard forms a flower with 8 petals.
The blade is imilar but more detailed and better made in the "ricikan" area.

[Sajen]

Hello Séverin,

Another very nice pedang! Congrats!

Regards,
Detlef

[Gustav]

Fantastic blade!