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I BID ON THIS RECENTLY BUT IT GOT AWAY BUT I SAVED THE PICTURES TO SHARE AT LEAST
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Very nice.
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A real beauty!
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Beautifull Sumatran pedang!
Besides the suassa and gold thing, I really like the floral carvings on the horn handle a lot. Very divergent as normally seen (in a positive way). Maurice |
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The handle resembles a lot of klewangs attributed to Sumatra and Lombok...
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I LOVE IT! Love the repousse on the gold. I would bet that the scabbard is a replacement. I agree with the Sumatra attribution, definitely Indonesian.
Question: would this be considered a sultan's piece? |
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I'd would have said East coast of Java to Lombok would be correct, but the chiseling to the forte and the style of repousse say clearly to me Sumatra. All very fine quality! These are all a mystery at best to me when placing with exactness. Zonneveld shows a similar blade profile as a Pedang III, also noted to have pamor.. ![]() Does anyone have any other publications that sort through these styles. Gav |
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On the good ones I'd expect the whole wood base of the scabbard to be covered in silver.
In this case, it may have been gold to match the hilt. The gold or silver might well have been plain if typical of the genre. I don't think it would have been just wood. If the hilt is wood than I think it's likely to be from somewhere other than Lombok, where they really do seem to like their hilts to be buffalo horn. Of course, I have seen the occasional sword a with wood hilt from Lombok, but not these klewangs. They're generally horn. |
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Hi Vandoo
The hilt actually looks like buffalo horn to me. It's hard to tell just by looking sometimes. But it looks more like horn than wood. You can't rely on the description either, because most people don't investigate any further. It kind of looks like wood, so they just assume it's wood and describe it as such. |
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Looking at the shading, and the grain, it's almost certain this is buffalo horn.
They apparently boil it before working it. When I get the chance, I'll try post pictures of the horn hilts I have. I have about 20 Lombok hilts, all figural and quite exquisitely carved. |
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However, I agree with Gav that the chiseling on the forte is also worth noting.
It really is nice work all round. |
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