An old dayak ? Parang latok
 

Good day dear members,

I will soon receive this nice old and strange sword,
a parang latok if i'm right.
It was described as a dayak sword but it’s not a mandau.

The blade seems laminated,
Will it match with olds models ... 1800 ??

I will post other/better pics when I get it.

Nice sword! :cool: The blade tip is unusual for a latok! See the pic. taken from Amuk Murugul.

Regards,
Detlef

Has anyone tried cutting with one of these swords in the style that Xasterix uses?
On first look they seem like they would be unwiedly to use as a combat weapon, especially if used single handed.

It would be helpful to see a picture of the whole sword, but the evidence so far suggests this is a parang latok. Van Zonneveld says that the hilts on these are almost always wooden, but I have an example that has a bone hilt too. Fran, yours is only the second one I have seen with a bone hilt, and the hilt mounted in this fashion.

Regards,
Ian.

P.S. I found a thread where my example was discussed on the forum previously. There is some mention of a similar weapon used by the Land Dyaks called a buko. Also discussed inn that thread were soe characteristics that help distinguish between a parang latok (Sea Dyak) from buko (Land Dyak). Hope this is helpful to thinking about the sword posted above.