Another Dayak Sword

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I believe the Kalewang handguard to be a direct copy of the Dutch Cavalry Officer's Sabre M1876 minus the irritating protrusion.

I stand corrected. the most direct source is indeed the M1876 handguard.

I believe both Lilley-Ames and Vince also produced guards with 'square corners' for the 1941 KNIL contract.

Will check.

Dear Amuk,
I was not looking for a debate. This would be useless as the klewang has so many variants. Puypes book is based on the collection of the Legermuseum in Delft. Other sources might well bring to light other facts. Even specialists would disagree on certain things.
My main issue was to point out that although locally developped, the design of the Klewang is based on European blades.

Best regards,
Willem