Sword From Indonesia

[ferrylaki]

Originally Posted by VANDOO

JUST A GUESS BUT THE CRYSTALIZED PARMOR IS SOMETHING I HAVE MOSTLY SEEN ON WEAPONS FROM SULUWESI AND ISLANDS WAY SOUTH OF JAVA. IT MAY BE A OLDER BLADE REMOUNTED IN JAVA OR EVEN WHERE IT WAS MADE BUT NOT IN THE OLD TRADITIONAL MOUNTS. SORRY I CAN'T BE OF MUCH HELP.

I once read an article about pomor luwuk ( sulawesi ).
that a long time ago traders from Luwuk Sulawesi brought pamor material and steel to java. those materials then used by empus in java to make kerises and swords.