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9th October 2009, 06:25 PM | #1 |
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Indonesian Tombak question
Dear Community,
As some forum members whatch e-bay regularly as I understood, some of you shall have seen this spear tip. Actually I was planning to buy it, but someone did it before me. So I posted the photos on local arms forum just to share with forum members. But it caused some discussion: few people are sure that this piece is brand new. So what do you think about this one? Thanks everyone in advance! D. |
9th October 2009, 06:26 PM | #2 |
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9th October 2009, 06:28 PM | #3 |
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I also think that it is recent!
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9th October 2009, 06:34 PM | #4 |
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OK, no more questions, thanks
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9th October 2009, 11:11 PM | #5 |
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The scabbard is really nice and very detailled. I wonder if they would put this much effort in a new piece nowadays. The blad seems a little bit rought to me. And the pamor near the tip is not very precise / symetric. I can imagine that someone took an old tombak gave it a good washing and then had it decorated with the butterfly and flowers. There is definately something fishy about this tombak The decoration is not old imho. but the rest i don't know. But I think there must be forumites that do know. any comments |
9th October 2009, 11:55 PM | #6 |
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The lack of wear and the quality of the workmanship in the brass inlay suggest to me that this is of recent manufacture as well.
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