Strange sumatran?? dagger

Athanase · 23rd December 2018, 04:38 PM

Hello everybody. Thank you for your opinions.

Kai, it's not a hole but the rest of a hook for the belt (and that was probably a little longer before) .

The maximum thickness of the base blade (juste before brass gard) is 5.3mm and 1.9mm at 1cm from the tip.

kai · 23rd December 2018, 05:03 PM

Hello Séverin,

You're welcome!

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it's not a hole but the rest of a hook for the belt (and that was probably a little longer before) .

Uuuh, the horrid third dimension...

That's a quite unusual feature, especially with small daggers!

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The maximum thickness of the base blade (juste before brass gard) is 5.3mm and 1.9mm at 1cm from the tip.

Less than I expected. Well within the range of Moro punal/gunong - neither the blade nor the scabbard support such an origin though.

Whether this really got adapted from a tombak might only be seen after disassembling the piece and possibly etching the blade; of course, there is no need to do so...

Regards,
Kai

23rd December 2018, 04:38 PM	#1
Athanase Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Paris (France) Posts: 420	Hello everybody. Thank you for your opinions. Kai, it's not a hole but the rest of a hook for the belt (and that was probably a little longer before) . The maximum thickness of the base blade (juste before brass gard) is 5.3mm and 1.9mm at 1cm from the tip.