Need sword ID help. Really!

Tim Simmons · 9th September 2006, 08:35 PM

love the finish at the end of the scabbard

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ariel · 9th September 2006, 08:52 PM

Parang Amanremu?

David · 9th September 2006, 09:12 PM

I'll go a step further and suggest that perhaps this sword comes from the Batak region of Sumatra.

Tim Simmons · 9th September 2006, 09:22 PM

I wonder if this sword has a lot more to tell. To me it does not look used, though clearly an old piece. Also in a martial sense it does look a little awkward and the handle could be seen as not 100% functional for fighting. I get the feeling this is very high status, perhaps in a religious way. Could it be some sort of sacrificial sword or other emblem of ceremony.

Rick · 9th September 2006, 10:22 PM

Adni has something fairly similar in form :
http://www.geocities.com/keris4u/oth...atak_lebar.htm

And this hilt style resembles yours :
http://www.geocities.com/keris4u/oth...ak_hatchet.htm

Bill M · 9th September 2006, 11:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rick

Adni has something fairly similar in form :
http://www.geocities.com/keris4u/oth...atak_lebar.htm

And this hilt style resembles yours :
http://www.geocities.com/keris4u/oth...ak_hatchet.htm

Gotta be the last one. A Parang Batak Ulu. Whatever Ulu means.

Adni's more hatchet and has a horn hilt, mine is wood, but otherwise the blade carving near the ferrule, the figure on the hilt. even the hatching on the back of the blade.

This piece and mine must have been made by the same people. I love Batak carving! I have a wonderful singha barong head about four feet tall that once stood guard with its buddy flanking a batak long house entryway.

It is hanging in my solarium against a mirror. I really need to clean the mirror.

David · 10th September 2006, 12:02 AM

The head is marvellous Bill!

i would agree that the dress makers are very likely the same or related, but these are two very different weapons that i would image had different purposes, whether ritual or otherwise, so the term Ulu may or may not also apply to yours. The term may apply to the dress, but i don't think it applies to the blade.

9th September 2006, 08:35 PM	#1
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,855	love the finish at the end of the scabbard .

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ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Parang Amanremu?

9th September 2006, 09:12 PM	#3
David Keris forum moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 7,218	I'll go a step further and suggest that perhaps this sword comes from the Batak region of Sumatra.

9th September 2006, 09:22 PM	#4
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,855	I wonder if this sword has a lot more to tell. To me it does not look used, though clearly an old piece. Also in a martial sense it does look a little awkward and the handle could be seen as not 100% functional for fighting. I get the feeling this is very high status, perhaps in a religious way. Could it be some sort of sacrificial sword or other emblem of ceremony.

9th September 2006, 10:22 PM	#5
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,339	Adni has something fairly similar in form : http://www.geocities.com/keris4u/oth...atak_lebar.htm And this hilt style resembles yours : http://www.geocities.com/keris4u/oth...ak_hatchet.htm

10th September 2006, 12:02 AM	#7
David Keris forum moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 7,218	The head is marvellous Bill! i would agree that the dress makers are very likely the same or related, but these are two very different weapons that i would image had different purposes, whether ritual or otherwise, so the term Ulu may or may not also apply to yours. The term may apply to the dress, but i don't think it applies to the blade.