Weapons from Sumedang Regency 1880 − 1912 +/-

Rick · 4th March 2015, 03:56 AM

It seems to me that the preponderance of these examples shown have a fairly strong Western European stylistic influence; many having a sort of Hirschfanger-like appearance to their hilts .
I would be most interested to see stylistic examples that could be attributed to pre-VOC times .
I'm a bit skeptical about these weapons being at all a native concept; rather I think one could posit that they were made (and quite well in many cases) solely for the eyes (and purses) of the Dutch .

I am led to understand that the town of Tjikeroeh aka Cikeroeh(sp?) is the modern day location of some of the best (air) gunsmiths in Jawa .

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4th March 2015, 03:56 AM	#11
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,339	It seems to me that the preponderance of these examples shown have a fairly strong Western European stylistic influence; many having a sort of Hirschfanger-like appearance to their hilts . I would be most interested to see stylistic examples that could be attributed to pre-VOC times . I'm a bit skeptical about these weapons being at all a native concept; rather I think one could posit that they were made (and quite well in many cases) solely for the eyes (and purses) of the Dutch . I am led to understand that the town of Tjikeroeh aka Cikeroeh(sp?) is the modern day location of some of the best (air) gunsmiths in Jawa .