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Old 27th October 2014, 12:42 AM   #1
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Default Indonesian jambiya

Artzi of Oriental Arms described this as:
“This Indonesian dagger in the style of an Arab Jambiya is likely to have come from Sumatra or Mentawi islands. This style of dagger is sometimes referred to as a Beladau.”


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Old 27th October 2014, 10:23 AM   #2
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Hello Marcus,

I've seen this handle style by blades from the lesser Sunda islands like Lombok and Sumbawa. I doubt that it is a Mentawai dagger.

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Old 27th October 2014, 02:21 PM   #3
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Jambiyo are known in Indonesia, I have two of them, one quite small and rather rough, the other large and of fine quality.

The small one is probably from Sumatera, the large one probably from Jawa.
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Old 27th October 2014, 02:41 PM   #4
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Default blades?

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I've seen this handle style by blades from the lesser Sunda islands like Lombok and Sumbawa....
With what style of blade?
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Old 27th October 2014, 04:23 PM   #5
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With what style of blade?
I've seen this sort of hilt with short pedang blades. I have a hilt in similar style in my collection but without blade. Will post some pictures later.

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Old 27th October 2014, 07:53 PM   #6
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Here my handle, approx. 14 cm high.
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Old 27th October 2014, 09:08 PM   #7
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Default blade vs hilt

I see the similarity in the hilt of course, but to me the interesting question is whether the jambiya-like blade is indicative of a cross cultural effect.
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Old 27th October 2014, 09:38 PM   #8
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I recently saw a similar jambiya but I can't post the URL because its ongoing. It's completely unadorned and undecorated. The scabbard looks like someone cut a cows horn lengthwise and the hilt is likewise just a horn knob. The blade is jambiya shaped but it has no "spine".
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Old 27th October 2014, 09:48 PM   #9
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More differences than similarities in my opinion. BTW the scabbard on mine is wood.
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Old 17th January 2016, 08:42 PM   #10
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Default Sumbawa

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Hello Marcus,

I've seen this handle style by blades from the lesser Sunda islands like Lombok and Sumbawa. I doubt that it is a Mentawai dagger.

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There is indeed a picture of a sword from Sumbawa with a similar hilt on page 135 of the Van Zonneveld book.
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