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Old 27th May 2017, 09:29 AM   #5
kai
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Hello Thomas,

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Total 60 cm, bladelength 46 cm. The blade starts at 1 cm thickness and 6 mm thickness at half bladelength. This seems a little bit to heavy for a blade of this size for me. I have etched the blade softly with a iron3 acid to bring out the pattern a little bit better. The bright layers are not so bright that I this will be pamor ? Do not know. Interesting how the metall of the scabbard was "braided" and soldered.
This piece is most probably from Sunda. I have handled some pretty hefty antique blades from that region and all have had a nice balance.

This blade is probably antique; difficult to tell from pics whether the fittings may be also antique (and more of village quality) or somewhat later...

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Kai
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