klewang golok ??????????????

[Ian]

Robert and Semar:

If you mentally ignore the knuckle bow and look at the pommel after rotating the hilt, I think I see a bird's head--with the eye, crest and beak--and a long neck.

Ian.

P.S. What do you guys make of the small amount of file work at forte? Looks a little like some of the minasbad swords we have seen here. Not really like the Borneo fancy work on parang.

[Andrew]

Looks like the knuckle-bow is metal and the carved pommel is wood.

[Robert]

Ian, I see what you are referring to. The hilt carving does seem to look somewhat like the head of a crested bird of some type, possibly a rooster. As for the file work, even though it is in the same area as what is sometimes found on a minisbad it is not quite the same pattern as any that I have seen so far.

Best,
Robert

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by Ian

P.S. What do you guys make of the small amount of file work at forte? Looks a little like some of the minasbad swords we have seen here. Not really like the Borneo fancy work on parang.

Exactly my thoughts as well but the blade shape is nothing whats remember to Bicol swords.

Detlef