Big score! (or how I blew a months wages...) :(

[DaveA]

Originally Posted by ThePepperSkull

....., I must admit that the modern blade market there is flooded with whippy, wafer thin blades that would not be safe to swing, let alone cut with.

I concur. It is sometimes very hard to tell just from internet pictures so buying from someone you trust is important. I bought mine from another collector who was liquidating her collection. A few others I bought (years ago, when I was less wise I think) were examples your whimpy wafer thin blades. Disappointed I was, but learn I did!

[Amuk Murugul]

Originally Posted by DaveA

..... were examples your whimpy wafer thin blades. Disappointed I was, but learn I did!

FYI ..... There is an area in Banten which is renowned for making thin goloks, even thin enough to wear round the waist. I have handled one such, belonging to the head-smith. It was about the thickness of a saw-blade, housed in a thick leather 'belt' with the handle doubling as a buckle. The golok was very old and had good patina. When I first saw it, I was reminded of stories I'd heard about early Chinese.
Although the locals refer to it as 'golok', I would call it a sword.

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