rencong hilt question

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Small addition.

KNIL soldiers where also using the rencong as an additional weapon.
So the rencongs that were taken from the locals were distributed amongst the KNIL soldiers as a personal close combat weapon.

I once had a rencong where the L shaped hilt was simply sawn of and the scabbard was marked with a 'V' not something a Acehnese warrior would do.