Indonesian Tombak question

asomotif · 9th October 2009, 11:11 PM

Pfew

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

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9th October 2009, 11:11 PM	#5
asomotif Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 2,228	Pfew 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