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Originally Posted by David
That's a rather strange wedhung. I have seen these inlay patterns on what people mistakenly call "Balinese Wedhung", but never on a true Javanese wedhung. Your blade is not quite correct for a Javanese wedhung. It shows no wideng for instance and the shape blade profile is close, but not quite right to Javanese forms. But the sheath is clearly from a Javanese wedhung. Were these married at a later date with the blade possibly being from Bali? Do you have any info on its origin?
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It was an ebay find, so I'm afraid I can't tell you much about it. It the sheath definitely fits like it was made for it.
It's certainly possible it was a kind of cross cultural piece.
I can add some more pics if you'd like to look at them later.
Thanks,
Leif