Hello Detlef,
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Thank you for comment! Sulawesi was my guess as well but wasn't very sure since never have seen a similar one before.
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You're welcome! While Sumatra is famous for its bifurcated horn hilts, this type is none of those.
There are quite some bifurcated pommel types from Sulawesi, too (cp. Sumara); the more simple ones like this are quite rare though.
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But the cross section with the very prominent spine I only know from very old Sulawesi blades.
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Certainly antique IMHO. Anything before the 19th c. would need some more data to convince me...
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An etch would need a good polish before and I still have a lot of blade polish jobs
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I'd hesitate to give this blade a polish; a cleaning and a quick exploratory etch may do and look better than after a full polish.
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Will let you know in case......
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Thanks!
Regards,
Kai