Thick knife frome Bali/Lombok

[RobT]

Hi All,

The hilt/ferrule arrangement looks similar to a knife of mine which I had always thought was some form of Indonesian wedong. The ferrule is silver plated steel. The blade is about 7.625 in (19.3675 cm).

Sincerely,
RobT

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by RobT

The hilt/ferrule arrangement looks similar to a knife of mine which I had always thought was some form of Indonesian wedong. The ferrule is silver plated steel. The blade is about 7.625 in (19.3675 cm).

Hello Rob,

I've seen several knives, "bolos", working knives from Bali/Lombok, some we have discussed before here: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ht=wedung+bali
But I am not convinced that we can name them all with a special term, I'll try to research in future on this matter. See for example my one in the first picture.

There is no "some" form of a Javanese wedong/wedung, a wedung is a ceremonial court knife and follows a given pattern, see sec. pic. attached.

Best regards,
Detlef

[Sajen]

Other wedung, all taken from this site from other members, I'll hope they don't mind. You can see that they differ but follow a given pattern in general.

[Athanase]

Thank you all for your answers.

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by Athanase

Thank you all for your answers.

Hello Séverin,

Please don't let us die unsuspecting, what is the white stuff in the engravings?

Best regards,
Detlef

[Battara]

Originally Posted by Sajen

Please don't let us die unsuspecting, what is the white stuff in the engravings?

Looks like silver to me.

[Ian]

That was my thought too, Jose. It looks as though there is quite a lot missing from the rest of the engraved area.

[RobT]

Sajen,

I am well aware of the form of the Javanese wedong and have an example. When I said that the knife I presented in this post was “some form of Indonesian wedong”, I meant that I believed that it was some sort of ceremonial knife from Indonesia that had a roughly equivalent function to a wedong (eg the Balinese pengentas tiuk). Antiques by the Sea is currently offering a pengentas tiuk for sale and they are selling it as a “balinese wedung”. Wikipedia also shows a pengentas tiuk example which they call a “Balinese style Wedung”. There is also a rather full discussion on vikingsword of these knives begun by Gustav on 12/20/2012 (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?p=149921) in which Atlantia says “shall we call them 'Wedung'? I know some do and some don’t”.
I don’t know whether my knife is from Bali or from somewhere else in Indonesia. I assume that it had a ceremonial function like a wedong but for all I know, it could just as well have been some sort of utilitarian knife.

Sincerely,
RobT

[Athanase]

Originally Posted by Sajen

Hello Séverin,

Please don't let us die unsuspecting, what is the white stuff in the engravings?

Best regards,
Detlef

Hello,

In the engraving there is copper wire embedded but a lot of it is missing.

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by Athanase

Hello,

In the engraving there is copper wire embedded but a lot of it is missing.

Thank you Séverin!