Another one for identification, please

Royston · 12th November 2012, 04:48 PM

A bit like this one then.

I have had this a long time. Always thought that it was from Java, but I wouldn't call it a Wedong. For me it is too small and not solid or heavy enough.
Interesting to see one with the pommel cap. Mine must have been lost or prized off for the value of the metal.

Your's is only the second of it's type that I have seen.

Regards
Roy

VVV · 12th November 2012, 06:00 PM

Interesting knife,

I have never seen any of those before, either IRL or in any Indonesian reference works?

Michael

kai · 12th November 2012, 08:27 PM

Bingo, Roy, that seems to suggest a pattern rather than a one-off!

Very similar indeed, down to the scabbard and the file-worked silver bands (please post close-ups!). How do the bottom and the top of the scabbard look like - done in silver this time?

From the looks I'd guess that your's may also come from a similar period (perhaps a tad earlier into 20th c.?); so, the jury may be still out how any antique version may have looked.

Thanks so much for posting both of these enigmas!

Regards,
Kai

12th November 2012, 04:48 PM	#1
Royston Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Poole England Posts: 443	A bit like this one then. I have had this a long time. Always thought that it was from Java, but I wouldn't call it a Wedong. For me it is too small and not solid or heavy enough. Interesting to see one with the pommel cap. Mine must have been lost or prized off for the value of the metal. Your's is only the second of it's type that I have seen. Regards Roy Attached Images

12th November 2012, 06:00 PM	#2
VVV Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 1,637	Interesting knife, I have never seen any of those before, either IRL or in any Indonesian reference works? Michael

12th November 2012, 08:27 PM	#3
kai Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,255	Bingo, Roy, that seems to suggest a pattern rather than a one-off! Very similar indeed, down to the scabbard and the file-worked silver bands (please post close-ups!). How do the bottom and the top of the scabbard look like - done in silver this time? From the looks I'd guess that your's may also come from a similar period (perhaps a tad earlier into 20th c.?); so, the jury may be still out how any antique version may have looked. Thanks so much for posting both of these enigmas! Regards, Kai