Indonesian sword for discussion

kai · 13th December 2016, 10:54 PM

Hello Danny,

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My opinion was also that is is a Javanese pedang worn by the guards similar like the wear a wedung , i did search for some pictures of wedung and some have the same shaped clip /ornament .

Good call: The decoration on some wedung scabbards really looks like the clip on your pedang scabbard! Thus, this may point to an origin in central Jawa.

Regards,
Kai

Royston · 14th December 2016, 05:23 AM

A couple more. Old ( poor quality ) stock photos of two that I have had for years.

Pre -cleaning photos, but they do show that one has a local made pamur blade and the other a plain monosteel.

I have always thought that these were Javanese but obviously with European influence.

Cheers
Roy

danny1976 · 14th December 2016, 10:46 PM

Hai Kai ,

I did not test or clean the chains yet but i suspect that the are from silver also .

Royston , thanks for the photo's .
Nice swords ! The have even more European influence as we can see on the hand guard.

14th December 2016, 05:23 AM	#2
Royston Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Poole England Posts: 443	A couple more. Old ( poor quality ) stock photos of two that I have had for years. Pre -cleaning photos, but they do show that one has a local made pamur blade and the other a plain monosteel. I have always thought that these were Javanese but obviously with European influence. Cheers Roy Attached Images

14th December 2016, 10:46 PM	#3
danny1976 Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Holland Posts: 245	Hai Kai , I did not test or clean the chains yet but i suspect that the are from silver also . Royston , thanks for the photo's . Nice swords ! The have even more European influence as we can see on the hand guard.