I've found a very old one from Preanger -> West Java.
The scabbardtip and - mouth are gone, but a nice addition is the inlay at the back of the obviously old blade. Never have seen inlay on these swords before at the spine of the blade.
It's very likely that these swords are from before 1850 (and probably earlier), as there is a big possibility they were out of fashion allready at that time.
I think a very undervalued piece in private collections, probably because people don't realize how old these pieces are!?!
It's similar at the ones from the old drawings (post #24 and #25), which were made around 1825 (as I found out recently with help of a friendcollector).
Rg,
Maurice
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