Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - A Brief Look at Sumatran Swords (Pedangs, Parangs, Klewangs)

CharlesS · 31st May 2007, 10:55 PM

Hi Dave,

Yes, indeed you are right. Apparently these types were popular throughout the islands. I used the Sumatra reference simply to parallel Zonneveld.

In fact. Two of the swords in the grouping were collected from Java, one from Bali, and one from Lombok. The others are from Sumatra, or else I am not sure of their origin.

31st May 2007, 10:55 PM	#12
CharlesS Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 1,855	Hi Dave, Yes, indeed you are right. Apparently these types were popular throughout the islands. I used the Sumatra reference simply to parallel Zonneveld. In fact. Two of the swords in the grouping were collected from Java, one from Bali, and one from Lombok. The others are from Sumatra, or else I am not sure of their origin. Last edited by CharlesS; 1st June 2007 at 12:37 AM.