Indonesian small sword, european blade ?

[francantolin]

Hello everybody,
I wish you an happy new year 2019 !!!

I bought this small sword , I think it's indonesian ( a parang ?)
nice carved ( horn?) hilt, small silver mounts.

The blade is interesting,
I wonder if it is an european blade adapted to make an asian style or a local production ? ( for Dutch colons ???)

The blade cuts on one side ( sabre ) but on both sides at the top of the blade.

Sorry, some global pictures are not really good

Kind regards

Francky

[francantolin]

Thank's

[kai]

Hello Francky,

This is usually referred to as pedang (fairly generic and widespread name for "sword"). Do a search here for more examples!

This piece seems to originate from Lombok. I'd guess that the blade got forged locally: they are usually laminated and often have fullers.

Regards,
Kai

[kai]

P.S.: The pad of leather got probably added by a western dealer.

[francantolin]

Hello Kai,
really Thank you !!
Sorry for my late answer to your message,
I wasn't in town for a few days.
I didn't know indonesian forged this kind of blade
( already saw Tjikeroeh blades looking like hunting european knifes...)

Kind regards

[kai]

Hello Francky,

No worries - you're welcome!

The Tjikeroeh blades are indeed strongly influenced by the strong colonial presence.

The pedang blades seem to be mainly indigenous though.

Regards,
Kai

[satsujinken]

this type is called Klewang Sasak to be precise

a subtype of swords from Lombok Island

regards
Donny