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Old 22nd July 2014, 07:49 PM   #1
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Default Is this Chinese or Indonesian sword?

This just ended on ebay. I thought it was Chinese from the handle but the blade. Not sure. What do the Indonesian collector say?
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Old 22nd July 2014, 08:18 PM   #2
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I don't think it is Chinese, but I would love more description and maybe a picture of the guard.
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Old 22nd July 2014, 08:19 PM   #3
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I carefuly lean to the Philipines for this sword.
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Old 22nd July 2014, 08:43 PM   #4
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Me too but that's all there was. Looks like the handle and the guard are both horn?
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Old 23rd July 2014, 03:03 AM   #5
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Hmmmm. A toughy. At this point I am hesitantly leaning the other direction towards Indonesia based on the blade. Better pictures would be helpful.
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Old 23rd July 2014, 03:08 AM   #6
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The hilt might well be Filipino, but the blade is harder to place. More pictures of the hilt would be helpful.

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Old 23rd July 2014, 09:00 AM   #7
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I also think that it could be from Indonesia or the Philippines, hard to say without better pictures.

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Old 23rd July 2014, 03:50 PM   #8
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Another thought: the blade could have been traded from Indonesia to a Filipino, thus a Filipino hilt. Again, better pictures would be helpful.
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Old 23rd July 2014, 05:09 PM   #9
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The decoration on the blade looks a bit Borneo in style .
A la those brass stirrup hilted 'parang naburs' that we see so often .
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Old 23rd July 2014, 06:01 PM   #10
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This Filipino knife just finished on eBay. Note the pommel, brass ferrule and multifaceted handle, similar to our mystery sword.

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Old 23rd July 2014, 10:15 PM   #11
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Thanks. That looks a lot like it.
I guess I was thinking of the octagon shape grip and the steel? ferrule.
Like those swords that have the monsterhead pommel form Visaya? sometimes have a circular guard like this only smaller too.
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