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Old 27th May 2016, 11:27 AM   #1
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By enlarging the pics I seem to see withish shades on the granulated balls of the pendokok so the metal may be gilt silver. You may get a more accurate opinion by looking at the inside of the cup. The ivory hilt is peculiar and very nice indeed.
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Old 28th May 2016, 07:18 AM   #2
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I don't know if this will help or not, but this is the best I could do with the posted photo.

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Old 28th May 2016, 08:39 AM   #3
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This looks like silver now.

Is it possible that the yellow tint in the first photo was a reflected colour?
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Old 28th May 2016, 08:58 AM   #4
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Very unusual mix of features on hilt, like the execution of the waist band. The blade is 40 cm long, so quite long for Palembang.
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Old 28th May 2016, 09:03 AM   #5
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Entire blade.
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Old 28th May 2016, 09:12 AM   #6
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Because of the unique hilt style and not quite Palembang Mendak it would still look strange in a conventional Palembang sheath. Something like old North Coast Java/Lampung would look perhaps a little bit better, perhaps not. I also doubt, the Mendak and hilt are aesthetically the best mix.

Do we see such extensive use of granulation on Mendak in Sumatra?

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Old 28th May 2016, 11:56 AM   #7
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Here's a few more pics , sorry they are not v clear as they were taken under low light. The inside of the pendokok look dull with suasa tint but on rubbing it, yellow color quickly came out.

I don't see any silver but it could very well be gilded as this method of spraying golden layer on base metal is v often done on many malay pendokok... except that the pendokok look rather thin and does not look like a typical malay pendokok.

also, i can't put what type of blade this is. does not look typical malay blade..the aggressive abuse (?) of surface texture of the blade by the previous western (?) owner doesn't help. For it could have been previously warangan (which puts it to javanese type) or wasn't.
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