Belatu/Balato from South Nias

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by asomotif

Hi Detlef,

What a great find, and with the amulet ball as a bonus.
super patina. I would not clean it too much. just preserve the blade.

Hi Willem,

Thank you! I don't will remove any patina. But the blade will get cleaned but not polished, I only will remove rust and grease.

Regards,
Detlef

[Sajen]

One side of the blade is cleaned, done with a Japanese rust rubber, the metal parts got rubbed with a towel only and the wooden parts got rubbed with a towel and linseed oil, no patina got removed.

[naturalist]

Just curious with the pedang, what is the distinct characters with pedang lombok? The gajah mungkur hilt looks like pedang lombok.

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by naturalist

Just curious with the pedang, what is the distinct characters with pedang lombok? The gajah mungkur hilt looks like pedang lombok.

For me it's mainly the scabbard construction with the horn throat, the blade shape and to a lesser degree the style of the carving and the embossing on the siver mounts. Compare with another Sumatran pedang.

Last picture shows from up to down:

pedang Lombok
pedang Sumatra
pedang Sumbawa

[naturalist]

Thanks

Originally Posted by Sajen

For me it's mainly the scabbard construction with the horn throat, the blade shape and to a lesser degree the style of the carving and the embossing on the siver mounts. Compare with another Sumatran pedang.

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by naturalist

Thanks

You're welcome!

[Sajen]

My honest North Nias collection!