What do you think it is? malay/indonesian/fillipino?

nechesh · 25th May 2006, 05:48 PM

I agree, probably Sumatran. The blade markings seem unusual for Indo blades though.

doecon · 25th May 2006, 07:18 PM

Yep agree probably Sumatra, the inscriptions are probably made in Batak script. But its a bit hard to read, and I think you posted it upside down:0

kronckew · 25th May 2006, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by doecon

Yep agree probably Sumatra, the inscriptions are probably made in Batak script. But its a bit hard to read, and I think you posted it upside down:0

my batak is a bit rusty

luckily my golok isn't

batak is written vertically bottom to top, so it looks like it should be rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise & could be '?' bi jang bi ja - the first thing does not look like any of the karo, tobi, mandaling or daira batak characters, but may be an artifact or a bad strike. the next appears to be a bad ba with its 'i' diacritical. i of course could be wrong. especially as i don't know the language....

25th May 2006, 05:48 PM	#1
nechesh Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 940	I agree, probably Sumatran. The blade markings seem unusual for Indo blades though.

25th May 2006, 07:18 PM	#2
doecon Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 63	Yep agree probably Sumatra, the inscriptions are probably made in Batak script. But its a bit hard to read, and I think you posted it upside down:0