Java or Bali pedang?

Sajen · 13th September 2025, 12:11 PM

I just won the pedang in the pictures, it's described as pedang from Java, after 1900, 68 cm long inside scabbard, blade 53 cm. Handle should be from wood but I guess that it's horn.

I doubt that it's Javanese and think that it's Balinese but like always I can be completely wrong.

What do you think?

werecow · 13th September 2025, 03:15 PM

Congrats! I don't have an answer for you, but I like this colorful pedang and was watching that lot for a while.

GIO · 13th September 2025, 04:23 PM

IMVHO balinese.

Battara · Yesterday, 01:08 AM

I agree with Balinese, though the blade throws me a little.

Sajen · Yesterday, 01:14 PM

Thank you all for your comments!

David · Yesterday, 03:14 PM

Well, it doesn't look Javanese to my eye, but i'm not sure i'm seeing this as Balinese either. For one thing i'm not sure i have ever seen a bird represented on a Balinese hilt. Are there any other possible origins for this. Maybe Lombok?

Sajen · Yesterday, 04:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by David

Well, it doesn't look Javanese to my eye, but i'm not sure i'm seeing this as Balinese either. For one thing i'm not sure i have ever seen a bird represented on a Balinese hilt. Are there any other possible origins for this. Maybe Lombok?

Thank you David! Lombok could be another possibility. I am very unsure.

Regards,
Detlef

Tatyana Dianova · Today, 10:59 AM

Hello Detlef,
I believe it is from Lombok. I have a Lombok Pedang with similar scabbard discussed earlier here:

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ghlight=pedang

Sajen · Today, 11:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tatyana Dianova

Hello Detlef,
I believe it is from Lombok. I have a Lombok Pedang with similar scabbard discussed earlier here:

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ghlight=pedang

Hello Tatyana,

Thank you very much! I forgot about your nice Lombok pedang, yes, the carvings and paintings look very similar. So it seems that David was correct in his assumption.

Regards,
Detlef

Maurice · Today, 07:13 PM

Hi Detlef!

Congrats with this interesting find. Interesting piece, showing age!

Colourful piece for sure.

Kind regards,
Maurice

13th September 2025, 12:11 PM	#1
Sajen Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany, Dortmund Posts: 9,320	Java or Bali pedang? I just won the pedang in the pictures, it's described as pedang from Java, after 1900, 68 cm long inside scabbard, blade 53 cm. Handle should be from wood but I guess that it's horn. I doubt that it's Javanese and think that it's Balinese but like always I can be completely wrong. What do you think? Attached Images

Today, 10:59 AM	#8
Tatyana Dianova Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 738	Hello Detlef, I believe it is from Lombok. I have a Lombok Pedang with similar scabbard discussed earlier here: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ghlight=pedang Attached Images

13th September 2025, 03:15 PM	#2
werecow Member Join Date: Sep 2021 Location: Leiden, NL Posts: 596	Congrats! I don't have an answer for you, but I like this colorful pedang and was watching that lot for a while.

13th September 2025, 04:23 PM	#3
GIO Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 330	IMVHO balinese.

Yesterday, 01:08 AM	#4
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,320	I agree with Balinese, though the blade throws me a little.

Yesterday, 01:14 PM	#5
Sajen Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany, Dortmund Posts: 9,320	Thank you all for your comments!

Yesterday, 03:14 PM	#6
David Keris forum moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 7,236	Well, it doesn't look Javanese to my eye, but i'm not sure i'm seeing this as Balinese either. For one thing i'm not sure i have ever seen a bird represented on a Balinese hilt. Are there any other possible origins for this. Maybe Lombok?

Today, 07:13 PM	#10
Maurice Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,458	Hi Detlef! Congrats with this interesting find. Interesting piece, showing age! Colourful piece for sure. Kind regards, Maurice