Oh those lovely X-mas days, filled with family and food :) :)
And hardly any time to check the web :(

HAPPY X-MAS

Noelle, noelle, jingle bells jingle bells, tidings of comfort and joy comfort and joy, All I want for X-mas is you, I don't want a lot for X-mas, Oh kindeke klein oh kindeke teer, Komt allen tezamen etc etc etc ;)

[QUOTE=asomotif]Oh those lovely X-mas days, filled with family and food :) :)
And hardly any time to check the web :(

Nou je bent er wel vaak op jonge .

Merry Christmas

Ben

here some pics finally....others are in the swap

Nice do others have an LT like to see them

I like this LT better in real than on the pics.

I am glad that he is in my collection now thanks Arjan .



Ben

Congrats with this great piece!!!:cool:

Hi Maurice thanks it is very hard to get an LT and this one is really an very
nice one old scabbard old type Iban handle .
And the blade very nice.



Ben

yeahyeah I know !!
My back hurts from sleeping on the couch. :rolleyes:

Maurice

Congratulations to another great LT Ben.
Because it was up for sale I didn't want to comment it earlier.

Michael

You didn't want to say it is a because it was up for sale. :)

I am sure that Arjan would not have mind positive comments ;)

Well, anybody could see that this is a great LT, even if they haven't seen any before!
But according to forum rules I didn't think we were allowed to comment weapons that were for sale at the Swap forum?

Michael

Hello Michael,

Just kidding ;)

And indeed you don't have to be a specialist to see the quality of this LT.
It is very harmonic in shape patina etc.

Hi there

No one else beside Micheal and me has an Lingai Tingang ????


Ben

Ben,

Langgai Tinggang might become something like the pakayun...
In the end they can be only found hanging on your wall :D :D :D ;)

ah, well, i still like mine, at least till i can get an older one. :p

I am sorry but yours is not a LT but a hybride parang with a mix of characteristics from several classic parang.

Michael

ah, well, at least i know now...

Willem I have only just 10 pakayuns .

Ben

Ok, it so will take some time before you get to 10 langgai Tinggangs.

I think the LT is much more rare than I even thought on the moment
I only know that Michael has some .
So I will not get to the 10 Willem or are you hiding a few .




Ben

I wish I were... :D

Here an pic off an LT from the Volkenkundig museum van Nijmegen in the Depot this museum is closed .

Ben

That's an interesting variation, maybe a small boy's LT? :D
To me it looks too small on the picture to be a real LT?
Do you have a picture of the complete parang so we can see the rest of the proportions?

Michael

Hi Michael I can send it to you maybe you can resize it to put it on the forum.


Ben

Ben, please do so.

Michael

Hi Michael,

is this another variation, or should we consider this not to be a LT but some kind of variant or transition piece?

Maurice

Hi Maurice,

It looks like a "Stefan-variation" but as you have made your own pictures of it I assume it's no longer for sale.
I think it's a LT-variation #3 as I don't put weight on the added crowit features surrounding the kundieng. But that's just my ideas...

Nice buy!

Michael

Hi Michael,

What I specially like is the similarity in the hilts.
The LT you have with a similar kundieng, has also a similar hilt as mine.
The faces are carved very shallowly.
I put them together for better comparison.

I was surprised when I opened the package. It was better as I thought it was from the images. The balance feels great! Better than a regular mandau!

Best regards,
Maurice

Hi again,

I think you have mixed up my hilt and the kundieng #3.
Below is the matching hilt. The hilt you have attached is to the #1 version - the most common one.
Yours look really nice, much better than anticipated on the seller's pictures.

Michael

Yes Michael, indeed a mix up.
Sorry I commented too fast, before looking more carefully!
But the hilts do have similarities (both of them which I depicted, besides the different kundieng).

Maurice