Badik for comments

[Gustav]

The scabbard style, with this kind of Buntut at the end (and of course Badik as a kind of weapon) originated in Celebes, and descend from Alamang scabbards (and Alamang belong to the oldest and most revered regalia in South Celebes). Of course this style of scabbard did spread also on Sumatra, but hilt and style of decoration on this example are typical for island of Java.

A different style of Buntut called Buntut Lipas is the one, which would be typical for Sumatra (and Malay states).

[paolo]

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=13930

[Sajen]

Very nice badik and I would agree with Gustav about the Javanese origin.

Regards,
Detlef

[paolo]

This is a message I received time ago about writings :

Originally Posted by klewang

Hello Paolo,

On youre badik there is the word ''taoen 1846'' written, this is the old spelling for the Indonesian word ''tahun''. So ''taoen 1846'' would say in English ''the year 1846''.
Hope this helps.

regards Chris