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milandro · 5th March 2023, 08:33 AM

Thank you all for all the learned comments , I have much to learn about many things.

Let's start from the end, this is not a chisel edge blade (methinks) it is V edge blade , it isn't sharp now and I think it was never sharpened. The upper front edge is not sharpened too (and looks slightly different from the knife shown here which is otherwise the twin brother of my blade)

The scabbard is indeed longer than it need be, and could be a clever adaptation to fit the blade what makes me think this was made for this blade is the fact that the downward pointing part of the guard (the quilon I believe) fits nicely in a receptacle on top. Could be by chance but it is a very clever thing.

The pictures are from the seller and ( I don't know why) the system here uploads them and makes them less sharp than they are), my observation is that both the engraving en the braiding are finer in real that they are on pictures , also the blade looks considerably older from close by than it looks on the pictures ( probably due to refection).

I am not inferring that this isn't a post war weapon, I am rather convinced that it was acquired (1949) when the blade was new, but it is very probably (I believe the seller who was selling some weapons from his deceased father) a soldier's souvenir, as the majority of Indonesian blades we see in the NL, acquired at the time of the independence war.

Gavin Nugent · 5th March 2023, 09:27 AM

Most helpful images and further data.

It is clearly as Kai notes.

Looking at the scabbard in full detail, it is certainly a mandau sheath and not intended for this knife.

Congrats, it is a good thing and of the period you note.

5th March 2023, 08:33 AM	#1
milandro Member Join Date: Jan 2022 Location: Netherlands Posts: 497	Thank you all for all the learned comments , I have much to learn about many things. Let's start from the end, this is not a chisel edge blade (methinks) it is V edge blade , it isn't sharp now and I think it was never sharpened. The upper front edge is not sharpened too (and looks slightly different from the knife shown here which is otherwise the twin brother of my blade) The scabbard is indeed longer than it need be, and could be a clever adaptation to fit the blade what makes me think this was made for this blade is the fact that the downward pointing part of the guard (the quilon I believe) fits nicely in a receptacle on top. Could be by chance but it is a very clever thing. The pictures are from the seller and ( I don't know why) the system here uploads them and makes them less sharp than they are), my observation is that both the engraving en the braiding are finer in real that they are on pictures , also the blade looks considerably older from close by than it looks on the pictures ( probably due to refection). I am not inferring that this isn't a post war weapon, I am rather convinced that it was acquired (1949) when the blade was new, but it is very probably (I believe the seller who was selling some weapons from his deceased father) a soldier's souvenir, as the majority of Indonesian blades we see in the NL, acquired at the time of the independence war. Attached Images Last edited by milandro; 5th March 2023 at 09:29 AM. Reason: spelling due to automatic correction

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5th March 2023, 09:27 AM	#2
Gavin Nugent Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,818	Most helpful images and further data. It is clearly as Kai notes. Looking at the scabbard in full detail, it is certainly a mandau sheath and not intended for this knife. Congrats, it is a good thing and of the period you note.