Small Bugis Sepokal

[Jean]

Originally Posted by Battara

Love this pamor! Thanks for posting!

Many of you seem to be highly impressed by the pamor pattern of this blade but frankly I am not. From the pictures it seems to me that the central "adeg" pamor line was added to fill the gap between the 2 welded sides (welding flaw or erosion?), but of course I accept that I could be wrong.
Regards

[Gustav]

Originally Posted by Jean

Many of you seem to be highly impressed by the pamor pattern of this blade but frankly I am not. From the pictures it seems to me that the central "adeg" pamor line was added to fill the gap between the 2 welded sides (welding flaw or erosion?), but of course I accept that I could be wrong.
Regards

Yes, and by the same occasion the guy who did it added also a stripe of it on spine of Gonjo. He had lots of time that day.

Sorry, but the welding flaw is in your eye, to paraphrase the saying.

Regards

[Jean]

Gustav,
Thank you for the detailed pic.
Regarding the hilt, this style is apparently called takala in South Sulawesi but yours has unusual carvings and I also doubt about the specific origin of Selayar island.
Regards