Tombak, Java

[Rick]

Originally Posted by Javagolok

Hi Rick,

Your tombak has more colourdifferences as mine.
But the shape is close to my tombak.

Do you perhaps now where your tombak comes from (what area of indonesia)


gr.
Maurice

Hi Maurice, Yours might show such color differences too were it etched.

Alam Shah, I agree about the dress; not so great.
I wonder, since these blades are smooth could they be Balinese ?
There is a fairly pronounced central ridge on the blade; it doesn't show too well in the pictures but it is a diamond cross-section and has very sharp hardened edges.

[Maurice]

Hi guys,

So it looks that I have a moro bodiak spear instead of a java tombak.
I wanted to sell this piece, but I like it so much I think I'll keep it for myself.

Maurice

[Lew]

Originally Posted by Javagolok

Hi guys,

So it looks that I have a moro bodiak spear instead of a java tombak.
I wanted to sell this piece, but I like it so much I think I'll keep it for myself.

Maurice

Moro spears have a rectangular tang yours seems to be round therefore it's Indonesian and not Moro.

Lew

[ferrylaki]

Originally Posted by Rick

Hi Maurice, Yours might show such color differences too were it etched.

Alam Shah, I agree about the dress; not so great.
I wonder, since these blades are smooth could they be Balinese ?
There is a fairly pronounced central ridge on the blade; it doesn't show too well in the pictures but it is a diamond cross-section and has very sharp hardened edges.

this is an example of javanese tombak...
have a look....

[Maurice]

Does anyone have an example of an non-pamored tombak from java? Or are they always parmored????

[Rick]

This is a Moro Budiak .

[Maurice]

Hi Rick,

That's a very nice one.