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8th March 2012, 02:42 PM

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David

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Jean

The blade looks a rough Bugis one to me, see the kembang kacang carved out from the gandik especially.

I noted this more as a Bugis influence than to see this as a true Bugis blade.

This looks to have been made by a very unskilled smith who may have seen Bugis blades or was trying to make something like it from memory.

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