Info Requested On Bade-Bade Knife, Please

RhysMichael · 19th March 2007, 10:03 PM

Hi Wendy and welcome to the forum, I believe this a Rentcong (Rencong) not a bade bade. This style of hilt is calle hulu puntung (this is the Indonsian name if I am right with the Aceh term being Hulu Geurepong and hulu gerepung being the Gayo term, if I am wrong someone please correct me). These are found throughout Indonesia and carry as strong a significance to the people there as the keris in other places. I would guess this one is from Aceh based on the floral motif on the sheath. I will try to look up the name of that motif when I am home tomorrow night

You may want to look at this thread started by Utami for some good background on these.
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...hlight=rencong

some pictures of a similar one can be found here
http://alamshah.fotopic.net/c1055765.html

Another good place to look for more info on them is Domenic Buttin's site
http://old.blades.free.fr/

kentworld · 20th March 2007, 12:44 AM

Thank you so much for the information and the great links! My cousin's daughter works for the Canadian Foreign Dept. and was posted to Aceh at the time of the 2004 tsunami and part of her mandate was to supply Canadian aid to the Acehenese. So, it's very interesting that a dagger from Aceh made it into my possession!

Wendy

Henk · 20th March 2007, 06:10 PM

100 % Rencong from Aceh.

19th March 2007, 10:03 PM	#1
RhysMichael Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Virginia Posts: 520	Hi Wendy and welcome to the forum, I believe this a Rentcong (Rencong) not a bade bade. This style of hilt is calle hulu puntung (this is the Indonsian name if I am right with the Aceh term being Hulu Geurepong and hulu gerepung being the Gayo term, if I am wrong someone please correct me). These are found throughout Indonesia and carry as strong a significance to the people there as the keris in other places. I would guess this one is from Aceh based on the floral motif on the sheath. I will try to look up the name of that motif when I am home tomorrow night You may want to look at this thread started by Utami for some good background on these. http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...hlight=rencong some pictures of a similar one can be found here http://alamshah.fotopic.net/c1055765.html Another good place to look for more info on them is Domenic Buttin's site http://old.blades.free.fr/ Last edited by RhysMichael; 19th March 2007 at 10:15 PM.

20th March 2007, 12:44 AM	#2
kentworld Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 2	Thank you so much for the information and the great links! My cousin's daughter works for the Canadian Foreign Dept. and was posted to Aceh at the time of the 2004 tsunami and part of her mandate was to supply Canadian aid to the Acehenese. So, it's very interesting that a dagger from Aceh made it into my possession! Wendy

20th March 2007, 06:10 PM	#3
Henk Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,209	100 % Rencong from Aceh.