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This Langai Tinggang just ended on e-bay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEDWX:IT Would be interesting what you think about. It have without doubts a beautiful sheat but something bother me. BTW, I am not the buyer. sajen |
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More small poorly lit pictures .
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I had no problem interpetating the pictures, but al together it feels like some composite piece.
The blade doesn't seem to fit the scabbard. Also the side knife is something unusual and looks like a later addition. So you buy a nice scabbard and a rare blade that don't belong together. I am amazed that such a piece goes for such an amount. |
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I don't know much about these, but from what I do know, the dots look like modern colors on the pommel, and the small knife does look to be more recent.
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But one of my main concerns is the quality of the scabbard (very nice) compared with the blade (rather poor executed) and this combined with the fit of the blade in the scabbard. I wonder if a forumite bought it. I would be happy if we could than get better pictures, and even more happy if I stand corrected and the fit of the blade would turn out better than on the pictures. Nuff said as far as I am concerned ![]() |
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Not my area...but definitely looks modern.
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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I KIND OF LIKED IT BUT DON'T HAVE THE REFRENCES OR KNOWLEGE TO PIN DOWN ITS ORIGINS BY LOCATION IN BORNEO OR TRIBE.
![]() ![]() I HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE MURUT PACKAYUNS WITH THE LONG TUFTS OF HAIR ON THE SCABBARD. PERHAPS THE SWORD IS PURPOSLY PULLED BACK IN THE SCABBARD TO SHOW THE CARVING ON THE BLADE OR IS A VERY LOSE FIT DUE TO THE CURVED BLADE. ![]() ![]() |
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