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Old 27th July 2017, 10:04 PM   #1
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Kai, a very nice sword.

Only one thing - the metal sleeves and the motif on them is what we often seen on refurbished Minang and Palembang Kerisses coming out of post WWII Sumatra. I see the reason, why these could be Malayan, but... am not 100% sure about it.
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Old 27th July 2017, 11:58 PM   #2
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So Gustav you are saying that these type of silver scabbard mounts are more recent?

BTW - Love the blades
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Old 28th July 2017, 09:02 AM   #3
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Jose, I am referring only to the metal mounts on the first Pedang -

- yes.
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Old 29th July 2017, 12:51 AM   #4
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That's the one Gustav, thank you.
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Old 29th July 2017, 02:09 AM   #5
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BTW - Love the blades
Thanks, Jose! The ones that I handled also exhibited a neat balance.

I'll try to post some more pics after cleaning and etching...

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Old 29th July 2017, 07:30 AM   #6
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Love the pommel of "Makara"...great carving and really COOL figure
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Old 29th July 2017, 02:04 AM   #7
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Thanks, Gustav!

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the metal sleeves and the motif on them is what we often seen on refurbished Minang and Palembang Kerisses coming out of post WWII Sumatra. I see the reason, why these could be Malayan, but... am not 100% sure about it.
I don't have close-ups of the scabbard bands yet; assuming that they approximate the ferrule, you have a point, indeed. I need to research this some more!

Charles, could you please post close-ups of the scabbard (sword from post #2), please?

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