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Old 13th September 2025, 12:11 PM   #1
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Default Java or Bali pedang?

I just won the pedang in the pictures, it's described as pedang from Java, after 1900, 68 cm long inside scabbard, blade 53 cm. Handle should be from wood but I guess that it's horn.

I doubt that it's Javanese and think that it's Balinese but like always I can be completely wrong. What do you think?
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Old 13th September 2025, 03:15 PM   #2
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Congrats! I don't have an answer for you, but I like this colorful pedang and was watching that lot for a while.
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Old 13th September 2025, 04:23 PM   #3
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IMVHO balinese.
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Old 14th September 2025, 01:08 AM   #4
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I agree with Balinese, though the blade throws me a little.
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Thank you all for your comments!
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Old 14th September 2025, 03:14 PM   #6
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Well, it doesn't look Javanese to my eye, but i'm not sure i'm seeing this as Balinese either. For one thing i'm not sure i have ever seen a bird represented on a Balinese hilt. Are there any other possible origins for this. Maybe Lombok?
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Old 14th September 2025, 04:26 PM   #7
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Well, it doesn't look Javanese to my eye, but i'm not sure i'm seeing this as Balinese either. For one thing i'm not sure i have ever seen a bird represented on a Balinese hilt. Are there any other possible origins for this. Maybe Lombok?
Thank you David! Lombok could be another possibility. I am very unsure.

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Hello Detlef,
I believe it is from Lombok. I have a Lombok Pedang with similar scabbard discussed earlier here:

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ghlight=pedang
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Hello Detlef,
I believe it is from Lombok. I have a Lombok Pedang with similar scabbard discussed earlier here:

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ghlight=pedang

Hello Tatyana,

Thank you very much! I forgot about your nice Lombok pedang, yes, the carvings and paintings look very similar. So it seems that David was correct in his assumption.

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Hi Detlef!

Congrats with this interesting find. Interesting piece, showing age!

Colourful piece for sure.

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Congrats with this interesting find. Interesting piece, showing age!

Colourful piece for sure.
Thank you Maurice!

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