Badek??

[Maurice]

Hello everyone.
I'm new here and I want to introduce myself.
I'm interested in indonesian \ Malay weapons.
I like them old, but also new made the traditioned way.


I attached the link where you can find some pictures of an item I do not exactly know what it is.
The guy who sold it to me said it was a badek.
Another one told me it could be an old speartip or so, and the grip is not so old as the blade of the 'dagger'.
Can anyone tell me more about this item?

Here's the link.
http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Album=HXNUARMX

Thanks,
Maurice

[Henk]

javagolok,

Welcome to the forum.

I think this is a speartip or a tombak in a kujang or kudi shape. The base of the blade has such a ferule you see on the tombak. The hilt is of a badek shape. Do you also have a scabbard?

[Maurice]

Hello Henk,

That's the same opninion I had.
Unfortunately it came along to me without scabbard.

Thanks for your opinion.

gr.
Maurice

[Alam Shah]

Hi Javagolok,

Welcome to the forum.
I agree with Henk that it looks like a tombak (spearhead) mounted on a Javanese badek hilt. The metuk iras (carved ferrule) looks thin compared to a standard metuk. Normally a javanese spearhead have a longer pesi (tang), but not this one.

VVV's tombak kujang example

My 2 cents worth.

[Maurice]

Hi Alam Shah,

Thanks for your explanation.
I always keep on smiling.....

Thanks for sending the other link to the kujang attached on the spear.


greetings

[Alam Shah]

Maurice,

Here it is, my old simple kujang. I forgot I have one.
After looking at my kujang again, yours may not necessary be a tombak-tip.
Some kudi and kujang does have metuk-iras but are not tombak.