Sewar or Siraui??

[ericlaude]

Hello everybody,
Somebody can tell me if this knife is a Sewar or a Siraui?
Total lenght 9"
Blade length 6"
Thank you in advance

[kai]

Hello Eric,

Neither.

Seems to be a not-so-old piece belonging to the kerambit family of blades (small sickle-shaped blades). Where does this come from?

Regards,
Kai

[ericlaude]

Thanks Kai,
He comes from a French collection, the seller maintains that it is an Indonesian object. In my opinion its Indonesian and is no more than 50 years old, the blade is very rusty, he appears to be a working knife.

[kai]

Hello Eric,

Yeah, Indonesia or Malaysia.

Is the scabbard leather?

Regards,
Kai

[Henk]

My two cents.

It is Indonesian. First thing that came up to me is that the leather scabbard (bad pictures to give comment ;) ) is a reworked scabbard from the Dutch klewang used by the KNIL forces.

[ericlaude]

Now the picture are clear, and I've cleaned the Knife and Yes the scabbard is made with leather

[mohd]

.. a not-so-old piece belonging to the kerambit family of blades (small sickle-shaped blades).... Indonesia or Malaysia ..
Agree with Kai, Erik.
IMO it's what we called as Lawi Ayam in Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia.
The name Lawi Ayam is derived from the Malay name for the tail feather of a rooster.
It is the largest one in the Kerambit family of blades.
The smallest one is called as Kuku Rimau.
Somehow confusingly this Lawi Ayam is called as Kuku Macan in Jawa.
Kindly compare Eric's picture with MSM'S PICTURE (http://silatpanglimakasim.blogspot.com/2008/03/lawi-ayam-rm-100-tidak-termasuk-pos.html) and CN'S PICTURE (http://cikgunasir.blogspot.com/2007/10/blog-post.html).

mohd

[Henk]

No doubt, the scabbard is a reworked klewang scabbard from the KNIL army.

[ericlaude]

One more time Thank you Kai, Henk and Mod. Now I'm sure about it's origines.