T.O.M.BA.K

[Raden Usman Djogja]

Originally Posted by ganjawulung

With thirteen luks, so we call them (yours too) as tombak with dapur korowelang...

Ganjawulung

Hallo Gonjo welcome back to the waroeng

I wonder why there are a lot of dapur korowelangs expected tangguh Mataram Sultanangungan (Sultan Agung Era). I have found them several times. Even I have one tombak similiar as yours.

According to Stephen's Tombak, I agree with you that it is one type of barukuping. If Stephen hangs two small bells on the holes, it will be called baruklinthing [?](klinthing=small bell) . One of the legendary tombak in Jawa is Kiai Baruklinthing. Any kerislovers know where Kiai Baruklinthing is now?

Kiai Baruklinthing was the grand pusaka of Ki Ageng Mangir (descent of Ki Ageng Giring). Babad Ki Ageng Mangir is just like a shakespeare/hamlet from England. It is believed that he is the ancestor of people who use Kolopaking as their family name. However, Kolopaking name was known long after Ki Ageng Mangir era (Kolopaking v. Arumbinang (his)-Strory).

Warm salam,
Usmen

[Rick]

Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge Ganjawulung .
It is also nice to see tombaks of similar form .

Do you have any comments on the metuk; it appears to be a seperate piece but it's hard to tell because the whole tombak is so eroded .

[ganjawulung]

Originally Posted by Rick

Do you have any comments on the metuk; it appears to be a seperate piece but it's hard to tell because the whole tombak is so eroded .

Dear Rick,

It seems that your methuk is from the type of "methuk sekar", or methuk with pamor. Other types of methuk based on this categorization are: "methuk tretes" (methuk ornamented with kinds of precious stones, combined with silver of gold), "methuk kinatah" (methuk with gold ornaments like Mr Usmen's tombak of Kalacakra), "methuk serasah" (ornamented with thin layers of gold or silver), and "methuk wulung" or of flat black iron...

But from the formation of the methuk, you may call it as "methuk rabi" (separated methuk), rather than "methuk iras" or one piece of methuk with the tombak blade.

On methuk, I agree with Alan that methuk is one of the primary indicator if we want to determine the tangguh of the tombak. But it needs more studies on the tangguh of tombak...

For comparation of the form of methuk, here I will show you the picture of my tombak from the Paku Buwono era (Solo after "palihan nagari" or the division of Mataram, after 1755)...

Ganjawulung

[Raden Usman Djogja]

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[Karttikeya]

Just want to share a Javanese tombak, dapur Biring Drajit..any opinions and comments are welcome.

[semar]

hello

ho know a good book about Tombak`s

regards semar

[ganjawulung]

Originally Posted by Raden Usman Djogja

I wonder why there are a lot of dapur korowelangs expected tangguh Mataram Sultanangungan (Sultan Agung Era). I have found them several times. Even I have one tombak similiar as yours.

I have similar question on keris with supposed Mataram tangguh. It seems, that dhapur Sengkelat (13 luks) and Sabuk Inten (11 luks) was "their favorite" dhapurs. I think it has a certain philosophy: why did they prefer these dhapurs?...

Ganjawulung