Ceremonial Knife from Bali

Oriental-Arms · 17th June 2005, 11:33 PM

This one is really a fine piece:

For more details on this item, please see: ceremonial Knife from Bali

A similar item was discussed in this forum not long ago but can not find the thread.

The strangest part of this knife is the rather short blade and considerably longer scabbard. I have seen similar ones also with short blade and long scabbard and I tend to believe that this is the original sheash. Also for another similar one see Albert G van Zonneveld Traditional Weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago, page 74, Fig 287, again with a short blade and much longer scabbard.

Any ideas why is that??

17th June 2005, 11:33 PM	#1
Oriental-Arms Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Haifa, Israel Posts: 183	Ceremonial Knife from Bali This one is really a fine piece: For more details on this item, please see: ceremonial Knife from Bali A similar item was discussed in this forum not long ago but can not find the thread. The strangest part of this knife is the rather short blade and considerably longer scabbard. I have seen similar ones also with short blade and long scabbard and I tend to believe that this is the original sheash. Also for another similar one see Albert G van Zonneveld Traditional Weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago, page 74, Fig 287, again with a short blade and much longer scabbard. Any ideas why is that??