What's going on here (Batak)?

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Originally Posted by kai

The scabbard exhibits some traditional Karo features including the profile of the crosspiece. I have a Karo dagger with a similarly almost-2-dimensional crosspiece. I have not yet been able to ascertain that this is a genuine old style though.

Hello Kai,

Some lopah petawaran scabbards have similar cross piece styles, see attached examples. I think that this is a very old genuine style IMVHO.

Regards,
Detlef