| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  18th December 2012, 03:52 AM | 
	
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				 Hi Willem, got your email.  
So sorry for the... 
 Hi Willem, got your email.
 So sorry for the late reply.
 I was moving to Alor Setar some 460 km north of Kuala Lumpur.
 I still don't have internet access at home and I have to go to cybercafe...
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  30th August 2012, 04:48 PM | 
	
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				 :D   
  
My mother tongue is Malay so in order to... 
 :D
 
 My mother tongue is Malay so in order to correctly pronounce the Arabic words or the Malay words which were borrowed from the Arabic words I had to learn what we called as Makhaarij.
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  30th August 2012, 04:08 PM | 
	
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  9th August 2012, 02:36 AM | 
	
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  6th July 2012, 03:37 PM | 
	
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				 Thanks a lot to Nonoy and Miguel to confirm the... 
 Thanks a lot to Nonoy and Miguel to confirm the identification of the 'golok' done by Vinny and Jones in the earlier postings :)
 And now there's no doubt anymore that the origin of that particular...
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  2nd July 2012, 02:04 PM | 
	
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				 Hi Vinny,  
Hi Jones,  
Thanks a lot for all the... 
 Hi Vinny,
 Hi Jones,
 Thanks a lot for all the info  :)
 It seems we agreed that it's a Philippines 'golok'.
 
 Vinny might be correct to say that it might be from Luzon .. anyhow it must be from...
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  2nd July 2012, 07:52 AM | 
	
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				 Help Needed To Verify The Identity of A Golok 
 Hi pals, we the Malaysian knife collectors are in the process of identifying the various types of Malaysian parang, golok and pisau (i.e. parang, golok and pisau which are originated from Malay...
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  29th May 2012, 11:28 AM | 
	
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  24th May 2012, 11:45 AM | 
	
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				 Hi Atlantia,  
  
This is what I see from the... 
 Hi Atlantia,
 
 This is what I see from the inscriptions.
 Anyhow you have to rotate the picture just like the one done by Dom.
 
 عــبــد الــرب ٢/٢/٢٢ = Abdul Rabb 2/2/22 = Abdul Rabb 2nd day of...
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  24th May 2012, 02:25 AM | 
	
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				 Hi Willem,  
  
So sorry for the late reply... 
 Hi Willem,
 
 So sorry for the late reply because I just opened my mailbox and read your email this morning :o
 
 Congrats for acquiring the beautiful Klewang (i.e. or Parang Lading Jantan) Aceh.
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  29th July 2011, 02:37 PM | 
	
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  29th July 2011, 02:18 PM | 
	
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  29th July 2011, 02:05 PM | 
	
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				 Agree with Kai, Erik.  
IMO it's what we called... 
 Agree with Kai, Erik.
 IMO it's what we called as Lawi Ayam in Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia.
 The name Lawi Ayam is derived from the Malay name for the tail feather of a rooster.
 It is the...
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  18th July 2011, 06:43 AM | 
	
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  18th July 2011, 06:13 AM | 
	
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  18th July 2011, 05:29 AM | 
	
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				 Hi Maurice, IMVHO that's not a talismanic... 
 Hi Maurice, IMVHO that's not a talismanic symbols/inlay.
 Those're just engraved/inlaid adornments/decorations .
 
 Is it a crocodile or a lizard?
 In Malay world lizard is a symbol of...
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  14th July 2011, 02:07 AM | 
	
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  13th July 2011, 12:01 PM | 
	
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				 Thanks for the explanation Michael  :)  ... 
 Thanks for the explanation Michael  :)
 Actually I'm not an MA practitioner thuogh  :o
 I just give my two cents base on my experience handling that sort of blade in agricultural usage  :o
 It...
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  13th July 2011, 11:42 AM | 
	
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				 Hi Gavin and all the forum members,  
  
I think... 
 Hi Gavin and all the forum members,
 
 I think the forum members especially Jentayu and Tunggulametung had already done great job in translating the scripts written on the blade of the Bangsamoro...
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  13th July 2011, 05:08 AM | 
	
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				 Beautiful Klewang, Michael!  
The blade has a... 
 Beautiful Klewang, Michael!
 The blade has a nice flow!
 Anyhow IMVHO the unique feature is not meant for index finger resting place but just a uniquely shaped single guard.
 We Malays generally have...
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  13th July 2011, 03:59 AM | 
	
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				 Hi Willem,  
  
Congrats to you!  
It sure is a... 
 Hi Willem,
 
 Congrats to you!
 It sure is a beautiful piece  :)
 
 
 It is Acehnese language written in Jawi script (i.e. originally is Arabic script).
 
 The first line عـﻼ مـت  read "alamt" which...
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  1st January 2011, 08:51 PM | 
	
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  12th September 2010, 03:13 AM | 
	
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  9th September 2010, 11:27 AM | 
	
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  18th May 2010, 02:46 PM | 
	
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