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Old 14th September 2009, 09:11 AM   #8
A. G. Maisey
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Ferry, when I first saw your post I immediately thought that it might be Chinese. I've got several books on old Chinese weaponry, so I went through them , but I could not see anything like it.

I've never seen anything like it in Jawa or Bali.

I'm now wondering if it might be somebody's idea of a unique item, perhaps with a Chinese flavour. None of the lines resemble anything I know in Indonesian weaponry. Perhaps something remanufactured from and old pedang or tombak? The material appears old, but the lines appear pretty crisp.
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