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10th June 2013, 05:16 PM
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Thank you Maurice!
 Best regards, Detlef |
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11th June 2013, 12:52 PM
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Detlef,
Nice banjar parang. right out of the books. Any news yet if you actualy won the auction ? Looking forward to pictures of the blade. Hopefully it will be in the same condition as the scabbard. Best regards, Willem |
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11th June 2013, 09:31 PM
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thank you! Now is shown "supposable award" so I hope that I can hold it soon in my hands. And I hope like you that the blade will have the same good condition as the scabbard and will show a good pamor. Best regards, Detlef |
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12th June 2013, 09:07 AM
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Congrats, Detlef!
Looks like an average man's parang with a plain hilt style. Great to obtain a complete example with even all but one decorative rings still present! Some of these Banjar blades have really nice pamor - am keeping my thumbs pressed for you. Please update once you receive it. Regards, Kai |
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12th June 2013, 07:23 PM
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agree that it average man's parang since I have seen such parangs with much more ornate hilts. BTW, today I have received the bill for it so it don't will need long that I will be able to post more pictures, special from the blade. Best regards, Detlef |
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13th June 2013, 12:58 AM
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Yes, the one hilt isn't the other, doesn't mean that this one was carried by an average man and the other wasn't.
But maybe a little more plain as some others, but not less important at that time. Though a lot of blades can be placed in the same category, they easily can differ in a lot of ways from eachother. They were wearing these weapons in a restless area of Borneo where a lot of trade and war was going on. Also it was an area in which trickery and deceit was happening everyday, and even for centuries they tricked foreigners and killed them for the slightest reason. And at the other hand they were often under attack because of their diamondmines, coal and other valuables, even by Javanese or buginese pirates. |
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13th June 2013, 04:23 PM
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Thank you Maurice for the explanation.
Someone know from which substance the red paint is done? Regards, Detlef |
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