An old dayak ? Parang latok

[francantolin]

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.

[Sajen]

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

Regards,
Detlef

[Rick]

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.

[Ian]

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.