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Originally Posted by Maurice
I agree but not fully. I think the handles could be from Celebes or the Moluccas, but the more plain ones like Daves and the one I owned, possibly are from the Moluccan.
Also the pade you bought from Willem has a better blade as the others, which also indicates (IMO) that the last one is from Celebes. The other three blades are much more simple forged as the last one you have.
Nice collection of pades by the way!
At the other hand it would be hard to place them to a certain region, as it's the Celebes or Moluccan Alfur's who used them.
Maurice
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Hi Maurice,
yes good possible! And you are correct, the blade from the pade I have from Willem is without doubt the heaviest and the best executed one. (It still need a good cleaning) To bad that we don't know from where this one coming. Willem??
And to bad that so less is known about this type of sword. Maybe worth a deeper research from a person who is used to do something like this!?
Best regards,
Detlef