Hello Battara,
I'm with Willem on this.
However, I have to note that hulu puntung and hulu dandan are also very nice to hold/use. Despite their neverending variations, traditional hilts on SE Asian blades seem to be primarily designed for ergonomic function and only secondarily for display purposes...
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I have heard that the rencong hilts that ends in an "L" shape is for ceremonial purposes and the others are for battle. Is there any truth to this?
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There are quite a few very basic rencong with hulu meuccange which would speak against this notion: those who only could afford a single blade would certainly make no compromises as to function.
If I recall correctly, the Dutch outlawed rencong and many hulu meuccange got shortened into hulu puntung to make it more easily concealable. Still need to verify this story though...
Regards,
Kai