Old nyabur with a later handle

tom hyle · 20th June 2011, 04:47 PM

Integral octagonal bolster/pilaster? Wow; cool sword! My interest in swords is as swords, not as Bornean (etc.) cultural artifacts, so the question as to age/origin of handle is of marginal interest to me, and even less do I have input on it. Cool sword though.

Very cool. More usually those I've seen are fairly lightweight. Both the thickness, especially away from the base, and the bolster seem to link it to non-Borneo Indonesian swords.

20th June 2011, 04:47 PM	#2
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	Integral octagonal bolster/pilaster? Wow; cool sword! My interest in swords is as swords, not as Bornean (etc.) cultural artifacts, so the question as to age/origin of handle is of marginal interest to me, and even less do I have input on it. Cool sword though. Very cool. More usually those I've seen are fairly lightweight. Both the thickness, especially away from the base, and the bolster seem to link it to non-Borneo Indonesian swords.