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kahnjar1 17th March 2020 03:58 AM

Indonesia? Philippine? #1
 
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Can someone please ID this for me.
Stu

Ian 17th March 2020 12:49 PM

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Hi Stu:

Not Philippines IMHO.

It is a humble, village quality parang that could be from Java, but Sumatra or Kalimantan might be possibilities also. It's a general purpose knife, mainly for gardening/agricultural purposes. Perhaps someone here can help you identify it more closely with regard to the style of the scabbard or hilt, but they look fairly non-specific to me.

I've taken the liberty of lightening one of your pics to better show the hilt and scabbard details.

Regards,

Ian

Sajen 17th March 2020 04:31 PM

Hello Stu,

I would say that it is a golok from Sunda (West Java).

Regards,
Detlef

Henk 17th March 2020 05:28 PM

It is a parang from Borneo.

The description by Ian is correct. Village made.

Athanase 17th March 2020 05:37 PM

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For me it's golok from Sunda or south Sumatra. I have the same but entirely covered with a foil of repoussé silver.

Sajen 17th March 2020 05:47 PM

The scabbard mouth is typical for Sunda, special by golok scabbards! :) South Sumatra was strong influenced from Sunda.

Compare with old threads. ;)

kahnjar1 17th March 2020 07:57 PM

Thank you all.
Stu

Rafngard 17th March 2020 08:20 PM

The scabbard, in particular the horn bands, look an awful lot like the construction on this golok from Sunda that was in Lew's estate, and that now lives with me.

http://vikingsword.com/lew/w0129/w0129.html

Thanks,
Leif


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