Pirate sword or chinese Dha?

milandro · 31st January 2023, 07:54 PM

I didn't suggest this was a Japanese modified Klewang.

I suggested that this was one of the so many modifications which happend in Indonesia and not carried by anyone in office for the KNIL .

Thank you to show me your klewang, I am rather familiar with them.

I have owned one by Hembrug. I have also owned a Dutch Police sword (used by many corps locally in the Netherlands) which also looks very similar to a Klewang.
here an example of the latter

kronckew · 31st January 2023, 08:21 PM

Nope. European Briquets/Fascine messers/ i.e. 'infantry swords', are not Heiho. And nothing like mine. Those grips are fairly std. european type, Napoleon had many thousands of those made, as did the rest of his empire.

31st January 2023, 07:54 PM	#1
milandro Member Join Date: Jan 2022 Location: Netherlands Posts: 498	I didn't suggest this was a Japanese modified Klewang. I suggested that this was one of the so many modifications which happend in Indonesia and not carried by anyone in office for the KNIL . Thank you to show me your klewang, I am rather familiar with them. I have owned one by Hembrug. I have also owned a Dutch Police sword (used by many corps locally in the Netherlands) which also looks very similar to a Klewang. here an example of the latter Attached Images Last edited by milandro; 31st January 2023 at 08:07 PM.

31st January 2023, 08:21 PM	#2
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,259	Nope. European Briquets/Fascine messers/ i.e. 'infantry swords', are not Heiho. And nothing like mine. Those grips are fairly std. european type, Napoleon had many thousands of those made, as did the rest of his empire.