Malay parang ID please

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Originally Posted by kai

I'd love to get more input from our Thai forumites wether the Thai names may be possibly descriptive only, specious, modern adaptations, or real old names (surely, the Malay and Thai interacted in this region for quite a while).

Hello Kai,

Yes, you are correct, there was and is a overlapping influence in this region. Please have a look to the both swords in complete up, both handles are lacquered, a typical "Siam" style and not very common in the Malay regions. So why shall there not a Thai name for this weapons when they seems to have been used also by Buddhist people?

PS: mail you tomorrow!

Regards,
Detlef