a Sewar cross-dressing as a Badik?

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Originally Posted by DAHenkel

Oh no, its a very nice one...allegedly the property of a member of the Terengganu Royal Family...with a bahar hilt and a very unusual, double edged, pamor blade

Thanks, Dave...to bad I couldn't see it myself.

In the Terengganu state museum, there is an almost similar example of the embellishment practice, where the subject was labeled as "sewar" though, but with a golden embellishment. Pix courtesy of Jentayu, if I am not mistaken (sorry if I did.. )

Back to the badik in question, it seems to me that the silver bolster was made to fit the hilt base, as it was adequately fit. However it is not fixed. Is it normal to have a badik hilt fixed to the tang, or could it be like kerises hilt, where one can remove anytime, anywhere?