Strange Oriental sword

Henk · 27th August 2005, 09:04 AM

fearn · 27th August 2005, 01:38 PM

Congrats, Henk!

Thanks, Ian! To me, it's more interesting that the blade was made for the US Military up to 1956, and its last use was in ROTC and ceremonial duty. Personally, I still think that someone in the US cobbled this thing together as a do-it-yourself project. I mean, not even rivetting those bone slabs on? Have you ever seen Japanese work that sloppy?

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Rick · 27th August 2005, 03:46 PM

You win Henk .

Ian · 27th August 2005, 04:45 PM

Pictures of a Dutch Klewang.

Henk · 27th August 2005, 07:10 PM

Thanks guys.

Nice klewang, Ian. Is it marked? It is a dutch one, definitely.
Mine is marked MILSCO.

This one is the replacement for the one I sold years ago. That one was a reasembled one. The hilt was rudely remade and the basket was from an indian tourist sabre. The scabbard was gone too. But it was marked HEMBRUG, THE dutch army factory for sabres and daggers.

Ian · 28th August 2005, 12:37 AM

Hi Henk:

No markings on the sword or scabbard.

BTW, MILSCO stands for Military Supply Company, a US supplier of the M1941 cutlass.

Ian.

Henk · 28th August 2005, 07:20 AM

Hi Ian,

Thanks for explaining MILSCO, I didn't know. Always learning here

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If MILSCO is on it, it is an US manufactured sabre, I suppose. I do remember looking in a book about the history of the dutch klewang in the KNIL-army, that the dutch army used several types of the klewang.

I didn't buy the book. It was on the Pasar Malam Besar in The Hague, a large oriental market here in the Netherlands, originally started for the Indonesian people here, but nowadays it is more a cultural event.

But I do remember the chapter about the Klewang type M1941. It was mentioned as a KNIL-sabre. Probably the dutch army took and used the american cutlass after WW II for the army in Indonesia because of a lack of weapons in those days.

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fearn Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,247	Congrats, Henk! Thanks, Ian! To me, it's more interesting that the blade was made for the US Military up to 1956, and its last use was in ROTC and ceremonial duty. Personally, I still think that someone in the US cobbled this thing together as a do-it-yourself project. I mean, not even rivetting those bone slabs on? Have you ever seen Japanese work that sloppy? F

27th August 2005, 07:10 PM	#5
Henk Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,209	Thanks guys. Nice klewang, Ian. Is it marked? It is a dutch one, definitely. Mine is marked MILSCO. This one is the replacement for the one I sold years ago. That one was a reasembled one. The hilt was rudely remade and the basket was from an indian tourist sabre. The scabbard was gone too. But it was marked HEMBRUG, THE dutch army factory for sabres and daggers.

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Ian Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Aussie Bush Posts: 4,361	Hi Henk: No markings on the sword or scabbard. BTW, MILSCO stands for Military Supply Company, a US supplier of the M1941 cutlass. Ian.

28th August 2005, 07:20 AM	#7
Henk Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,209	Hi Ian, Thanks for explaining MILSCO, I didn't know. Always learning here . If MILSCO is on it, it is an US manufactured sabre, I suppose. I do remember looking in a book about the history of the dutch klewang in the KNIL-army, that the dutch army used several types of the klewang. I didn't buy the book. It was on the Pasar Malam Besar in The Hague, a large oriental market here in the Netherlands, originally started for the Indonesian people here, but nowadays it is more a cultural event. But I do remember the chapter about the Klewang type M1941. It was mentioned as a KNIL-sabre. Probably the dutch army took and used the american cutlass after WW II for the army in Indonesia because of a lack of weapons in those days.