Yes, in Jawa and Bali sharp wood working tools are often kept in covers.
Over the years I have had a number of tukang wrongko do work for me, and most of them invariably kept some of their carving knives in wooden sheaths, or covers. In fact, I do the same with a couple of my bench knives---its only common sense:- these things are sharp, and accidentally brushing against the blade can cause a nasty cut.
The three bottom knives I am fairly comfortably with thinking of as tools of some sort, but the top knife seems markedly different in a number of ways. I do not know what this may be.
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