A Pedang

[Amuk Murugul]

Hullo everybody!

.....Soenda/western-Java golok-pandjang/pedang, perah(handle) tjeker-mentjek/hoeloe-makara .....missing metal cover on simeut-meuting (clip), chape & throat (see attach.)

Best,

[blue lander]

Thanks all. Are the hilts typically made from wood or horn?

[asomotif]

Originally Posted by blue lander

Thanks all. Are the hilts typically made from wood or horn?

Horn.

[blue lander]

It arrived today. The crack in the blade only goes a mm or so into the blade, so perhaps it's a forging flaw. The blade's very rusty - normally I'd use fecl to clean something this rusty but I don't want to damage the pamor. Can I use fecl or do I have to use the arsenic/lemon juice stuff?

Any idea what kind of horn the hilt is made of? It shined a flashlight through it and it's only barely translucent at the very tip of the hilt. There's also a hole drilled into the end of the hilt.