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Borneo parang naibur--a mix of old and new

2nd March 2018, 08:00 AM

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Ian

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Originally Posted by Maurice

Ian, how thick is the spine at the base of the blade?

Kind regards,
Maurice

Hi Maurice,

As noted above: "The blade is well forged and straight, with a thickness of 7.5 mm just in front of the hilt and tapering smoothly to 3.0 mm where the spine turns down towards the cutting edge and the blade has a maximum width of 4.5 cm."

Ian.

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