Is this from Borneo?

fernando · 11th January 2009, 10:59 PM

Thank you all, Gentlemen.
These are better (?) pictures. I don't expect that they bring a better or a different conclusion, but maybe the paint quality can be discerned, Henk?
So definitely a tourist piece, Ben ? Made in the fifties/sixties ... for sure ? I had the impression it could be a bit older, although i know nothing about these things. But then the blade be the real thing ... a Javanese tombak, says Henk; surely older than the mountings, in such case ?!
Thanks for the link David; at least the shaft in this one is organic matter ... bone, in principle. And it seems as the whole extension is an entire piece; i don't feel any joints underneath the skin handle. Its form is not only bent but also twisted; i wonder whether it was manipulated by this device maker or it was the natural form of some animal horns ... not probably, i'd say.
Anyway and due to what has already been said, i am strongly considering the return of this thing and the acquisition of something else, instead. I just need a little further push, like the (re) confirmation that this piece is not old and is actually orientated to the tourist market. I don't expect any problems in returning it; the alternative piece i will buy is much more expensive, so the seller won't have much to complain.
Please go ahead, Gentlemen.
Fernando

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fernando · 11th January 2009, 11:02 PM

rest pictures; i will delete a few afterwards, to lighten the thread file.

fernando · 12th January 2009, 10:09 PM

No further coments?
All right, no push needed. I've already made up my mind; will return the thing.
Will buy something rather different, instead. Shall post it in European Armoury Forum, next week.
Thanks all the same.
Fernando

Rick · 12th January 2009, 11:14 PM

I think you have made the right decision Fernando .

fernando · 12th January 2009, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Rick

I think you have made the right decision Fernando .

So i got a coment

Thanks, Rick

11th January 2009, 10:59 PM	#1
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	Thank you all, Gentlemen. These are better (?) pictures. I don't expect that they bring a better or a different conclusion, but maybe the paint quality can be discerned, Henk? So definitely a tourist piece, Ben ? Made in the fifties/sixties ... for sure ? I had the impression it could be a bit older, although i know nothing about these things. But then the blade be the real thing ... a Javanese tombak, says Henk; surely older than the mountings, in such case ?! Thanks for the link David; at least the shaft in this one is organic matter ... bone, in principle. And it seems as the whole extension is an entire piece; i don't feel any joints underneath the skin handle. Its form is not only bent but also twisted; i wonder whether it was manipulated by this device maker or it was the natural form of some animal horns ... not probably, i'd say. Anyway and due to what has already been said, i am strongly considering the return of this thing and the acquisition of something else, instead. I just need a little further push, like the (re) confirmation that this piece is not old and is actually orientated to the tourist market. I don't expect any problems in returning it; the alternative piece i will buy is much more expensive, so the seller won't have much to complain. Please go ahead, Gentlemen. Fernando . Attached Images Last edited by fernando; 12th January 2009 at 10:04 PM.

11th January 2009, 11:02 PM	#2
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	rest pictures; i will delete a few afterwards, to lighten the thread file. Attached Images Last edited by fernando; 12th January 2009 at 10:05 PM.

12th January 2009, 10:09 PM	#3
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	No further coments? All right, no push needed. I've already made up my mind; will return the thing. Will buy something rather different, instead. Shall post it in European Armoury Forum, next week. Thanks all the same. Fernando

12th January 2009, 11:14 PM	#4
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,336	I think you have made the right decision Fernando .