My Sumba collection and some observations

Athanase · 19th August 2017, 03:44 PM

Hello,
I have only 2 knive and one Kabeala, all are recent (between 1945 and 1990) and all in Bondokodi style. But they are never cut-out on the backside of scabbard mouth.
But I noticed that this area is very frequently broken on the scabbards of badik, mandau, kalasan etc... (at least on those that I own).
The cut-out can be made to limit the risks of breakage in this apparently fragile zone of the sheaths.

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19th August 2017, 03:44 PM	#12
Athanase Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Paris (France) Posts: 432	Hello, I have only 2 knive and one Kabeala, all are recent (between 1945 and 1990) and all in Bondokodi style. But they are never cut-out on the backside of scabbard mouth. But I noticed that this area is very frequently broken on the scabbards of badik, mandau, kalasan etc... (at least on those that I own). The cut-out can be made to limit the risks of breakage in this apparently fragile zone of the sheaths.