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7th August 2016, 09:07 PM | #1 |
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a pedang by another name?
This is on order from Oriental Arms. Artzi just refers to it as a Indonesian pedang. Information would be appreciated in narrowing down the where, when, and what. Once I get it in I'll be hoping for help on translating the inscriptions.
Marcus Last edited by Marcus; 8th August 2016 at 01:52 PM. |
7th August 2016, 11:21 PM | #2 |
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8th August 2016, 02:15 AM | #3 |
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well now
That seemed like it was indeed a similar parang but the discussion was not very productive. No one actually offered any translations that I saw.
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8th August 2016, 10:42 AM | #4 |
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Marcus,
Have you invested in any books on the subjects that you have interest in? Gavin |
8th August 2016, 12:52 PM | #5 |
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Hello Marcus,
very nice pedang, think that it is from Lombok. But I think that the inscription is very recent. Sorry, can't help with the translation. I would recommend to you the book from Albert G. Van Zonneveld, "Traditional Weapons Of The Indonesian Archipelago", ISBN 90-5450-004-2. It is a pedang and not a parang. Best regards, Detlef |
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regarding the script... if it's in arabic script, it's a very bad scrawl... imagine a doctor's prescription writing. It's not legible at all and the writing is as though attempted by one who didn't know arabic script.
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