Indo Knife for comment

ronpakis · 7th May 2006, 06:14 PM

very often these type of knives have large cracks at the base of the handle. many rencongs also quite often have this problem. perhaps somebody made it a little bit shorter because it was dammaged. handle and wranka look as if they are made from the same type of wood.

RobT · 7th May 2006, 07:54 PM

Hi ronpakis,
Not only do the hilt and wranka both appear to be kemmuning they also share the chevron design motif so I think, as I said from the start, that it's pretty likely that the hilt and sheath go together. Since the blade fits the sheath the most probable explanations I can see for the hilt to blade mismatch are either a missing pendok or (as you surmised) a cut down hilt.
Sincerely,
RobT

7th May 2006, 06:14 PM	#1
ronpakis Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: netherlands Posts: 75	hilt to large? or cut down? very often these type of knives have large cracks at the base of the handle. many rencongs also quite often have this problem. perhaps somebody made it a little bit shorter because it was dammaged. handle and wranka look as if they are made from the same type of wood.

7th May 2006, 07:54 PM	#2
RobT Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 550	Same design Hi ronpakis, Not only do the hilt and wranka both appear to be kemmuning they also share the chevron design motif so I think, as I said from the start, that it's pretty likely that the hilt and sheath go together. Since the blade fits the sheath the most probable explanations I can see for the hilt to blade mismatch are either a missing pendok or (as you surmised) a cut down hilt. Sincerely, RobT