Help identify Klewang

[David]

Still wondering why we are calling this a klewang. It doesn't look like any form of klewang i am familiar with.

[kai]

Hello David,

It is not a klewang as the name is understood on Java nor, obviously, the Dutch-Indo military klewang.

In most other regions the name klewang (including spelling variants) is utilized in a much wider sense (and even contradicting the Javanese definition), usually for somewhat tip-heavy blades.

Regards,
Kai

[David]

Originally Posted by kai

Hello David,

It is not a klewang as the name is understood on Java nor, obviously, the Dutch-Indo military klewang.

In most other regions the name klewang (including spelling variants) is utilized in a much wider sense (and even contradicting the Javanese definition), usually for somewhat tip-heavy blades.

Regards,
Kai

Thanks for the explanation Kai. Such blades are somewhat outside my field of study so i am simply trying to determine if calling this blade a klewang is a bit of a misnomer. This doesn't seem to be a tip-heavy blade and it certainly isn't a Javanese klewang nor the Dutch-Indo military type, so i am trying to figure out if we could be calling it a klewang at all, but if everyone else is fine with that description who am i to argue.