West Sumba knife

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Originally Posted by Sajen

Hello Jeff,

The time frame the seller stated could be correct, the horn ferrule is today not very common anymore.

Regards,
Detlef

id say its still very much the standard in sumba, other islands maybe not so. but in sumba its quite typical on any weapon, some ruder goloks than sell for 2 or 3$ maybe now they are steel pipe, but generally the parangs are still considered da primary item of defence/offence there and are used to sacrefice water buffalo aswell, here you can see horn furrels still used. these swords arnt costly but regular parangs https://youtu.be/kbW-T-l0fKA