Need sword ID help. Really!

[Bill M]

Originally Posted by David

The head is marvellous Bill!
i would agree that the dress makers are very likely the same or related, but these are two very different weapons that i would image had different purposes, whether ritual or otherwise, so the term Ulu may or may not also apply to yours. The term may apply to the dress, but i don't think it applies to the blade.

Hi David,

Certainly the blade shape and probably purpose is different, but the blades have very similar characteristics. The tiny teeth like projections on the cutting edge near the hilts. The possibly talismanic markings on the backs of the blades. Both blades come out the sides of the scabbards.

I'd say that the blades could have been made by the same guy. Certainly the same culture.

Ulu could be "hatchet."

I'd call it a Batak Parang, but I am open to other names and ideas.