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ward 22nd July 2014 07:49 PM

Is this Chinese or Indonesian sword?
 
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This just ended on ebay. I thought it was Chinese from the handle but the blade. Not sure. What do the Indonesian collector say?

josh stout 22nd July 2014 08:18 PM

I don't think it is Chinese, but I would love more description and maybe a picture of the guard.
Thanks,
Josh

Henk 22nd July 2014 08:19 PM

I carefuly lean to the Philipines for this sword.

ward 22nd July 2014 08:43 PM

Me too but that's all there was. Looks like the handle and the guard are both horn?

Battara 23rd July 2014 03:03 AM

Hmmmm. A toughy. At this point I am hesitantly leaning the other direction towards Indonesia based on the blade. Better pictures would be helpful.

Ian 23rd July 2014 03:08 AM

The hilt might well be Filipino, but the blade is harder to place. More pictures of the hilt would be helpful.

Ian.

Sajen 23rd July 2014 09:00 AM

I also think that it could be from Indonesia or the Philippines, hard to say without better pictures.

Regards,
Detlef

Battara 23rd July 2014 03:50 PM

Another thought: the blade could have been traded from Indonesia to a Filipino, thus a Filipino hilt. Again, better pictures would be helpful.

Rick 23rd July 2014 05:09 PM

The decoration on the blade looks a bit Borneo in style .
A la those brass stirrup hilted 'parang naburs' that we see so often . :shrug:

Ian 23rd July 2014 06:01 PM

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This Filipino knife just finished on eBay. Note the pommel, brass ferrule and multifaceted handle, similar to our mystery sword.

Ian

Here are the auction pictures.

ward 23rd July 2014 10:15 PM

Thanks. That looks a lot like it.
I guess I was thinking of the octagon shape grip and the steel? ferrule.
Like those swords that have the monsterhead pommel form Visaya? sometimes have a circular guard like this only smaller too.


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