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24th October 2023, 08:19 PM | #1 |
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forget Bowie...talking Mexico... Zapata is the man
( and as we all are speculating......why not perhaps could it not be influenced by Austrian / Habsburgian cold arms...thinking of Maximilian I of Mexico ) Last edited by gp; 24th October 2023 at 09:22 PM. |
25th October 2023, 07:01 PM | #2 |
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Hello everybody,
The Indonesian with Dutch influence clue seems the right one , Here are the other pictures I received, I can read TIJBAT, TIJ for Tijkeroe as proposed by Milandro ? |
25th October 2023, 08:32 PM | #3 |
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And the bird head pommel clearly looks like the Batavian model linked , thank you !
A garuda head ?!! |
26th October 2023, 04:55 AM | #4 |
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For comparison,
I found this ''similar'' one , the central piece , in another old post about klewangs/kalewangs and the regulation models |
26th October 2023, 08:07 AM | #5 |
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Hello,
TJIBAT simply for TJIBATOE... 😁 |
26th October 2023, 08:16 AM | #6 |
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thanks to the better pictures and the detective work on Tjbatoe look very conclusive to me.
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26th October 2023, 09:25 AM | #7 |
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Thank you ! Really precise !!
What can we say about the age ?? |
26th October 2023, 02:01 PM | #8 |
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27th October 2023, 02:08 PM | #9 |
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Hello,
I finally received it, Here some pictures, an heavy model, 800 gramms / 1,75 pounds just for the small sword/machete . For the dates , I read that these ''VOC dutch models'' were made until 1920 but sure, it looks more something WW2 ( reminds me Aldo Raine's bowie knife in the movie Unglourious bastards... ) The steel is good |
27th October 2023, 02:12 PM | #10 |
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I wonder if the handle is more bone, ivory or any celluloid...
One side cracked when I cleaned it with just a little water/soap |
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