Parang kerekoepang from Banjarmasin?

Maurice · 12th June 2013, 11:58 PM

Yes, the one hilt isn't the other, doesn't mean that this one was carried by an average man and the other wasn't.
But maybe a little more plain as some others, but not less important at that time.
Though a lot of blades can be placed in the same category, they easily can differ in a lot of ways from eachother.
They were wearing these weapons in a restless area of Borneo where a lot of trade and war was going on.
Also it was an area in which trickery and deceit was happening everyday, and even for centuries they tricked foreigners and killed them for the slightest reason. And at the other hand they were often under attack because of their diamondmines, coal and other valuables, even by Javanese or buginese pirates.

12th June 2013, 11:58 PM	#10
Maurice Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,453	Yes, the one hilt isn't the other, doesn't mean that this one was carried by an average man and the other wasn't. But maybe a little more plain as some others, but not less important at that time. Though a lot of blades can be placed in the same category, they easily can differ in a lot of ways from eachother. They were wearing these weapons in a restless area of Borneo where a lot of trade and war was going on. Also it was an area in which trickery and deceit was happening everyday, and even for centuries they tricked foreigners and killed them for the slightest reason. And at the other hand they were often under attack because of their diamondmines, coal and other valuables, even by Javanese or buginese pirates.