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Old 21st November 2006, 02:50 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by RhysMichael
Michael
Thanks for the reply. I could be mistaken but it was my belief that the straight sword like at the top was a panjang and the longer curved sword was a peusangan. So I think that term describes the blade not the hilt...
John
John,

I agree with your sword definition. But there is also a hilt called Peusangan.
Panjang is long and Peusangan is, as I understand it, a regional name?
All of the Sikin Peusangan found in van Zonneveld happens to also have the Hulu Peusangan.

Michael
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