Tjikeroeh swords

gp · 19th November 2021, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Amuk Murugul

Hullo gp,

This may help:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showpo...44&postcount=1

Best,

terima kasih !

gp · 19th November 2021, 06:45 PM

a few more pics

gp · 19th November 2021, 07:18 PM

today I felt lucky and happy!
Bought a dagger with a bone as handle on the internet...
description : "trench art 1916"
no scabbard... perhaps it never had one at all
although the blade was quite dirty...
and the bone as well...
and my Bouvier the Flandres not with me anymore for some years...(passed away after 13 years)
so no danger for the handle "disappearing"...

the lettering of 1916...although difficult to read
made me think...
and I placed a bid and got it !
Today it arrived...
some virgin olive oil did do the job...
and indeed: what I suspected came through or became true !
a Tjikeroeh
perhaps not the fanciest but still one of my "treasured"ones.

Your thoughts please...

ausjulius · 19th November 2021, 11:33 PM

the markings are talismanic, and can be taken with a grain of salt,
they are markings mimicing various dutch weapons local blacksmiths inspected.. dutch colonial officials were issued with european made modern weapons,
indonesian people wanted to emulate dutch fashion and style.. additional the dutch colonies there had a rather large european population who would be active customers buying souvineers or a knife to use locally. but for the most part these were made for the indonesia population. there probably examples of dutch aquiring local blades in situaitons when it was expediant but this was not the norm.
these european-malay hybrid knives and swords are far more common in indonesia than they are in holland, i have collected a good number over the years when travelling there.. including a copy of one of those german checkered handled "machetes" used in aircraft in ww2 which makes me think those wer eprobably a colonial product destined for the far east or another region that were pressed into service.

19th November 2021, 06:45 PM	#2
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19th November 2021, 07:18 PM	#3
gp Member Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 823	today I felt lucky and happy! Bought a dagger with a bone as handle on the internet... description : "trench art 1916" no scabbard... perhaps it never had one at all although the blade was quite dirty... and the bone as well... and my Bouvier the Flandres not with me anymore for some years...(passed away after 13 years) so no danger for the handle "disappearing"... the lettering of 1916...although difficult to read made me think... and I placed a bid and got it ! Today it arrived... some virgin olive oil did do the job... and indeed: what I suspected came through or became true ! a Tjikeroeh perhaps not the fanciest but still one of my "treasured"ones. Your thoughts please... Attached Images Last edited by gp; 19th November 2021 at 09:23 PM.

19th November 2021, 11:33 PM	#4
ausjulius Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: musorian territory Posts: 438	the markings are talismanic, and can be taken with a grain of salt, they are markings mimicing various dutch weapons local blacksmiths inspected.. dutch colonial officials were issued with european made modern weapons, indonesian people wanted to emulate dutch fashion and style.. additional the dutch colonies there had a rather large european population who would be active customers buying souvineers or a knife to use locally. but for the most part these were made for the indonesia population. there probably examples of dutch aquiring local blades in situaitons when it was expediant but this was not the norm. these european-malay hybrid knives and swords are far more common in indonesia than they are in holland, i have collected a good number over the years when travelling there.. including a copy of one of those german checkered handled "machetes" used in aircraft in ww2 which makes me think those wer eprobably a colonial product destined for the far east or another region that were pressed into service.