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Old Yesterday, 05:17 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by M ELEY View Post
.....it also resembles both Indonesian and East Indian spear heads. The ribbed collar makes me wonder if it might be more Asian (Chinese? Malay?)...... I'll let others chime in on their opinion.
Why not the straightforward solution of a re-hilted Mediterranean dagger those often have swagged and fullered self-guards? For some reason I though on tombaks this swaged and fullered piece was separate like a mendak on a keris. Though it could have traveled.

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