Weird sword for comments, pls.

[Sajen]

Very interesting swords. The hilt remember to the hilt of my Halmahera sword and the "all-over-shape" of the blade look very similar to a Pade blade. Only the elephant trunk have a sumatran touch like Michael write before.

Detlef

[Bill]

Similarities of the sword are striking; as well the slight variations.
Appears to be multi-generations of craftsmanship from the same village.

[VVV]

Here are some more pictures of mine.
As you can see it has additional dot-motifs on the blade.

Detlef, I don't see how the blade looks like a Pade?

Michael

[ThePepperSkull]

perhaps the pommel can give us some insight into this partoicular blade's origins? Which culture/region of S.E.A. has blades of other styles with hollowed out pommels?

I look foreward to how this whole situations pans out. It was an interesting revelation to me when more than one of these came out of the woodwork and it ended up not being a one-of-a-kind.

Very interesting.

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by VVV

Here are some more pictures of mine.
As you can see it has additional dot-motifs on the blade.

Detlef, I don't see how the blade looks like a Pade?

Michael

Yes, you are right, after the second view it's not similar. Maybe I am overworked in the moment.

[Rafngard]

Apologies for resurrecting an old thread, but I thought we could all use some closure. While researching this example of the type (that now lives with me) I learned from a former forum member that these are Sundanese. He found one at the National Museum in Copenhagen with collection notes
Have fun,
Leif


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For some reason the pic didn't attach, and is in the next comment

[Rafngard]

Here's my example