Information on Javanese knife

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Originally Posted by Tim Simmons

I won this on ebay a couple of nights ago now. The striaght bladed one is from A G. Van Zonnevelds Traditional Weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago page 74. Mine is the curved one, it has yet to arrive so I am showing the ebay picture. Can anyone say a little more about then? I know nothing. I think they look very similar to some African, South Sudan knives. Does anyone else have one?

hi....
can i joint this thread????

the curved knives in your attachement it's call 'jambiah' or 'jambea'
it's arabian knife, nice knife....

wedung is more simple shape...
wedung warangka/scabbard is most made from trembalo wood, no metal cover...