Blades from Sarawak, Malaysia

VVV · 10th May 2009, 09:19 PM

Dinggat,

On the Borneo Pedang you see hair tufts quite often.
On the resembling Sumatran/Batak Piso Podang or the Malay Peninsular Pedang Shamshir it's not usual.
Please note that most Pedang found in Borneo probably were made locally, like in the sword factories in Brunei as described in Evans.
I doubt the old ones were imported from the Bataks.
If imported I find it more probable they came from Malaysia or India, according to Gardner.

Michael

Dinggat · 10th May 2009, 10:44 PM

Thanks for all those enlightening informations

Is it known why exactly did the Batak choose to create hollow pommels if they did not put anything in there? Within that hollow space there's a small "sting" at my PP, I guess that's always the case.

I hope all my questions are not too annoying. In the end I'm just playing parasite on all the knowledge that you probably gained by years-long research.

VANDOO · 11th May 2009, 01:37 AM

THIS MAY BE JUST A STORY OR THE TRUTH SO UNTIL IT CAN BE PROVEN I TELL IT JUST AS A STORY.

I WAS TOLD THE HOLLOW POMMEL REPRESENTS THE CUP MOHAMMED DRANK FROM EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER A BIG BATTLE. PERHAPS SOMEONE CAN FIND OUT IF THERE IS ANY FACTUAL BASE FOR THE STORY.

Dinggat · 11th May 2009, 09:29 PM

True or not, at least it is an interesting theory.

10th May 2009, 09:19 PM	#1
VVV Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 1,637	Dinggat, On the Borneo Pedang you see hair tufts quite often. On the resembling Sumatran/Batak Piso Podang or the Malay Peninsular Pedang Shamshir it's not usual. Please note that most Pedang found in Borneo probably were made locally, like in the sword factories in Brunei as described in Evans. I doubt the old ones were imported from the Bataks. If imported I find it more probable they came from Malaysia or India, according to Gardner. Michael

10th May 2009, 10:44 PM	#2
Dinggat Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 29	Thanks for all those enlightening informations Is it known why exactly did the Batak choose to create hollow pommels if they did not put anything in there? Within that hollow space there's a small "sting" at my PP, I guess that's always the case. I hope all my questions are not too annoying. In the end I'm just playing parasite on all the knowledge that you probably gained by years-long research.

11th May 2009, 01:37 AM	#3
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	THIS MAY BE JUST A STORY OR THE TRUTH SO UNTIL IT CAN BE PROVEN I TELL IT JUST AS A STORY. I WAS TOLD THE HOLLOW POMMEL REPRESENTS THE CUP MOHAMMED DRANK FROM EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER A BIG BATTLE. PERHAPS SOMEONE CAN FIND OUT IF THERE IS ANY FACTUAL BASE FOR THE STORY.

11th May 2009, 09:29 PM	#4
Dinggat Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 29	True or not, at least it is an interesting theory.