When a Persian Shamshir Becomes a Malay Sundang...sort of...

CharlesS · 23rd August 2013, 02:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Battara

Well Charles you could do what some authors do - lie, fabricate, make up whole stories out of the air...........

You know me better!

Gustav · 23rd August 2013, 10:00 AM

Well, to add one more interesting feature: the ornamentation on pommel. It's done in North-West Javanese - South Sumatran style, in this case perhaps more Sumatran.

Compare it to the ornamentation on hilt of the beautiful Parang Betino of Loedjoe:

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ight=palembang

23rd August 2013, 10:00 AM	#2
Gustav Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,295	Well, to add one more interesting feature: the ornamentation on pommel. It's done in North-West Javanese - South Sumatran style, in this case perhaps more Sumatran. Compare it to the ornamentation on hilt of the beautiful Parang Betino of Loedjoe: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ight=palembang