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1st April 2006, 09:45 PM
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Just a bump to see if anyone has any thoughts on age in this piece.
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1st April 2006, 09:51 PM
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Hi DrDavid
The scabbard looks recent and I don't think the blade is more than 50yrs old. Lew |
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2nd April 2006, 07:48 AM
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I agree with Lew. A rather recent tombak. Nevertheless a very fine example.
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3rd April 2006, 10:05 AM
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Hi Henk and Lew
I realise the dress is new but I am curious to know why you think it of recent origin. I suspect the photos may not do the piece justice. DrD |
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3rd April 2006, 09:16 PM
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DrD,
The surface of the blade and the edges are to smooth for an old tombak. Just like keris the blades of tombak where etched with lime juice and warangan. When you have an old tombakblade you would have noticed that the surface and the edges had the same corosionprocess as an old kerisblade because of the arsic. |
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3rd April 2006, 10:16 PM
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You do notice the lack of pamor on the metuk ?
This would signify to me that it is a separate piece from the spear blade .  Please pardon my manipulation of your picture . DrD Last edited by Rick; 3rd April 2006 at 10:29 PM. |
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6th April 2006, 03:01 AM
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Isn't this a Mataram era piece David ?
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