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Old 12th November 2012, 01:39 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by kronckew
ah, spiral - we cross posted.

definitely a cocos island parang (or golok) (see post no. 2.) ref: Imperial war museum, london.

i'd bet the frog was added by a soldier in ww2.

info on the cocos (keeling) islands: Linky

p.s. forgot to mention the scabbards and grips are made of ironwood.
Ahhh great stuff Kronckew! There you go Crhis! Nice history to go with it.

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