Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Info Requested On Bade-Bade Knife, Please

RhysMichael · 19th March 2007, 10:03 PM

Hi Wendy and welcome to the forum, I believe this a Rentcong (Rencong) not a bade bade. This style of hilt is calle hulu puntung (this is the Indonsian name if I am right with the Aceh term being Hulu Geurepong and hulu gerepung being the Gayo term, if I am wrong someone please correct me). These are found throughout Indonesia and carry as strong a significance to the people there as the keris in other places. I would guess this one is from Aceh based on the floral motif on the sheath. I will try to look up the name of that motif when I am home tomorrow night

You may want to look at this thread started by Utami for some good background on these.
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...hlight=rencong

some pictures of a similar one can be found here
http://alamshah.fotopic.net/c1055765.html

Another good place to look for more info on them is Domenic Buttin's site
http://old.blades.free.fr/

19th March 2007, 10:03 PM	#2
RhysMichael Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Virginia Posts: 520	Hi Wendy and welcome to the forum, I believe this a Rentcong (Rencong) not a bade bade. This style of hilt is calle hulu puntung (this is the Indonsian name if I am right with the Aceh term being Hulu Geurepong and hulu gerepung being the Gayo term, if I am wrong someone please correct me). These are found throughout Indonesia and carry as strong a significance to the people there as the keris in other places. I would guess this one is from Aceh based on the floral motif on the sheath. I will try to look up the name of that motif when I am home tomorrow night You may want to look at this thread started by Utami for some good background on these. http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...hlight=rencong some pictures of a similar one can be found here http://alamshah.fotopic.net/c1055765.html Another good place to look for more info on them is Domenic Buttin's site http://old.blades.free.fr/ Last edited by RhysMichael; 19th March 2007 at 10:15 PM.