LIttle panabas

[ericlaude]

hello,
I have a little Panabas (18'), It is in my family since 1920.
If someone can tell me more about it . Thanks

[Lew]

Does not look like a panabas to me maybe Burmese or Thai?

Lew

[Robert]

Hello Eric, Very interesting looking piece. Could you post a clearer picture of the metal ferrel on the handle and does the wooden part look like it has ever been shortened ?

Robert

[ericlaude]

I send you new pictures and the wooden part don't seems been shortened.

[CharlesS]

I agree with Lew and do not think this is a panabas, but perhaps Burmese(my guess) or Thai.

[Battara]

The metal work is not Moro nor Filipino.

[PUFF]

Not a regular Thai style. The cut-off blade style is mostly used in Thailand as an Agri tool, rarely decorated.

Here 's a "catalog" in one of folk shop.
http://board.trekkingthai.com/board/upload/photo/2010-05/60a5366a0e3664b61dcce82a797fc5e8.jpg

The long version of ferrule is the fitting used in lower northern Thailand (SuKhoThai province).

I am not sure if the knife is Thai but it 's possible to be Thai.

[klewang]

Don’t know about the hilt but the blade reminds me of a south Sumatran klewang.
If you have the van Zonneveld check page 70, ill. 265 and 267 for an example.

Regards