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[Atlantia]

Originally Posted by Maurice

Gene,

Could you please post an image of the handle made from the front.

Sure thing

[asomotif]

Really lovely handle.
Also the brass ferrule is wonderfully detailled.

As for the shape... could it be the battle droid Lasara

[Atlantia]

Originally Posted by asomotif

Really lovely handle.
Also the brass ferrule is wonderfully detailled.

As for the shape... could it be the battle droid Lasara

ROTF!! "Roger Roger"

[Maurice]

Originally Posted by Atlantia

Sure thing

Thanks Gene, very stylish handle, I love it!


The reason why I asked you to show me a picture from the front, was to look at the shape. In this case it's getting narrower in the middle of the "beak".
There are also handles which are getting wider along the middle....

So here some Nias swords with "similar" handles which are getting narrower.
Source: the Leiden museum.....

[Atlantia]

Originally Posted by Maurice

Thanks Gene, very stylish handle, I love it!


The reason why I asked you to show me a picture from the front, was to look at the shape. In this case it's getting narrower in the middle of the "beak".
There are also handles which are getting wider along the middle....

So here some Nias swords with "similar" handles which are getting narrower.
Source: the Leiden museum.....

Ah, I see Excellent, thanks for the examples.
How unusual are they compared with the more elaborate carved head hilts?
Best
Gene

[Maurice]

Originally Posted by Atlantia

Ah, I see Excellent, thanks for the examples.
How unusual are they compared with the more elaborate carved head hilts?
Best
Gene

I've no idea.
I think the more elaborate carved ones are much more wanted in collections though!

Maurice

[asomotif]

Originally Posted by Maurice

I've no idea.
I think the more elaborate carved ones are much more wanted in collections though!

Maurice

Could be that the elaborate are more wanted. No idea why, because personally I like them when they get simple and more stylistic.

The one Maurice bought recently really appeals to me.
As well as the 2 examples we saw last week at Bronbeek depot (check out Borneology at myribalworld.com)

[asomotif]

Ps. the crack. Is it only on one side of the handle ??

[Atlantia]

Originally Posted by asomotif

Ps. the crack. Is it only on one side of the handle ??

Yeah, the crack runs all the way round. The hilt may have been in two parts at some point. There is a gap of about 2mm all the way round filled with some kind of brown wax.
Doesn't look like a tough fix though. It would look fine if it was re-done carefully and the crack was closed.