Hello Vinny,
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This knife must have a very small handle right? I mean if the blade is 7.5", then the grip of the handle is probably only 1.5" to 2" right? Or is there a different grip technique?
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Yes, these seem to be small backup (and possibly utility) knives. The pommel would fit into the palm like many keris do.
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Could the origin be discovered with the sheath style and the pommel style? I hesitate to use that since there's a lot of common hilt styles in Indonesia, for example my favorites - the makara pommel-ed pedangs and klewangs that are attributed to east Sumtra and Lombok... this one looks similar
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It's the scabbard rather than the (pretty generic) pommel which allows placing its origin on Sumatra.
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Is "piso" the same as "pisau"?
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Yup, just another way of writing.
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and on a side note... "piso podang" - is the piso the same piso as kai referred to (knife)? And is "podang" simply another spelling of pedang?
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Exactly.
Regards,
Kai