Sword ID Help Needed

Ki Jayamalelo · 14th June 2006, 08:05 AM

Very probably it comes from the small village Mekarmaju of Westjawa near Bandung.

There has been a Program Pascarsarjana of the Faculty of Art and Design from the Institut Teknologi Bandung in 1999.

This small village producing varius souvenir weapons.

feseqa · 14th June 2006, 02:21 PM

Are these usually well sharpened? This sword shows signs of repeated sharpening and has a razor edge; and, it is not stainless steel, which I found very interesting. It is also exceptionally well balanced - something I haven't seen often in souvenir items.

fearn · 14th June 2006, 05:56 PM

Could this be an older, used blade, remounted with a modern hilt and scabbard?

feseqa · 14th June 2006, 06:03 PM

I hadn't thought of that - it is definitely possible.

A. G. Maisey · 14th June 2006, 09:24 PM

This is from Bandung, it is recent, and the blade is of the same vintage as the handle and scabbard.

14th June 2006, 02:21 PM	#2
feseqa Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rochester, NY USA Posts: 4	Mekarmaju Souvenir weapons ? Are these usually well sharpened? This sword shows signs of repeated sharpening and has a razor edge; and, it is not stainless steel, which I found very interesting. It is also exceptionally well balanced - something I haven't seen often in souvenir items.

14th June 2006, 08:05 AM	#1
Ki Jayamalelo Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 18	Very probably it comes from the small village Mekarmaju of Westjawa near Bandung. There has been a Program Pascarsarjana of the Faculty of Art and Design from the Institut Teknologi Bandung in 1999. This small village producing varius souvenir weapons.

14th June 2006, 05:56 PM	#3
fearn Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,247	Could this be an older, used blade, remounted with a modern hilt and scabbard?

14th June 2006, 06:03 PM	#4
feseqa Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rochester, NY USA Posts: 4	I hadn't thought of that - it is definitely possible.

14th June 2006, 09:24 PM	#5
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,085	This is from Bandung, it is recent, and the blade is of the same vintage as the handle and scabbard.