Dayaks in Kayaks? Parang Nabour

tom hyle · 22nd March 2005, 08:33 AM

Is the thinking that the bathead parang nabur is the ancestral parang nabur? I like the shell guard, and note that the knucklebows come straight off the guard at a sharp angle, much like nimcha/sayf, and this does not seem to me like an Eurpean thing. Just jumping in with this; no-one's repeated the usual idea that this is an European inspired style; not an idea I'm real hot on; the style seems related to dha, for instance; a more obvious, local influence/relative; Occam's razor and all that. Parang nabur is a widespread sword type with many local/temporal varieties, and is a favourite; especially the bathead type, which pretty much always has a thick, overtly native blade; I really like the varient (not seen here though Rick's is on the road) with the fully rounded nonthrusting tip.

22nd March 2005, 08:33 AM	#8
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	Is the thinking that the bathead parang nabur is the ancestral parang nabur? I like the shell guard, and note that the knucklebows come straight off the guard at a sharp angle, much like nimcha/sayf, and this does not seem to me like an Eurpean thing. Just jumping in with this; no-one's repeated the usual idea that this is an European inspired style; not an idea I'm real hot on; the style seems related to dha, for instance; a more obvious, local influence/relative; Occam's razor and all that. Parang nabur is a widespread sword type with many local/temporal varieties, and is a favourite; especially the bathead type, which pretty much always has a thick, overtly native blade; I really like the varient (not seen here though Rick's is on the road) with the fully rounded nonthrusting tip.