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Dear Ganja
I don't know well badik. I have only one jawa badik. It seems similar to yours. The hit is made by bufalo horn, sarong is made by two kinds of wood (one timoho the other i dont know),pamor is Kulit S. Marco |
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Ganja,
Very nice collection! The top Badik resembles the ones from Makassar, Sulawesi. But I have so far only seen them with repoussed silver dress. Do you know anything about it's origin? Michael |
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Hope no one is bothered that I've resurrected this thread...
I was wondering, how exactly is a Badik used and/or taught traditionally? Just looking at them I can tell they are for punch-stabs, maybe cuts to vulnerable flesh - but mostly thrusts. Are they for death-matches? Assassination? Self-defense? Side-arm in combat? I can see them being very effective for any of those roles. I can also see that they are very limited in their application - it seems to be a purely thrusting knife for fighting. Due to it's size it looks like it'd be used in knees/elbows/throwing/locking range - do traditional Bugis silat styles reflect this? Does it even have a place in Sulawesi silat or is it just a simple "shanker" in application? |
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Ah, thanks Queequeg (Panday?)!
"Badiks are stabbing knives used in close quarters, and brought into action from the intended victim's side or rear. Once the stab has landed, the user slashes with it instead of simply withdrawing it from the same wound."Perhaps I'll have to get the The Weapons and Fighting Arts of Indonesia book myself one of these days and sit down for a good read. I've read you have some Pekiti-Tersia-Kali training? Does it give you any additional insight into this weapon? I notice the interesting way the man holds the Badik... I wonder why the Bugis didn't make longer handles to accommodate a fist - maybe there was a good reason for that? More control over the stab when the thumb and index are placed so? If anyone else has comments please share! ![]() |
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=120412868932 regards, sajen |
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those are very beautiful Badiks.
![]() Were the pretty ones used by wealthier individuals, or simply worn by wealthier individuals during formal events? |
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![]() When I look to the one with ivory handle (from hippotamus), it have a well used patination. So my guess is that it have been a dagger for every day from a rich man. In down from the sheat it is dated: 16.8.38. Maybe from 1838 or 1938, who know's? ![]() sajen |
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Ah well that makes sense...
I wonder, if Badiks were widespread amongst the Bugis, many Bugis must have known how to use it - right? If so, Bugis silat should have training with regards to it... cause once one has the form and technique, the attacking itself is somewhat easy I would assume... it's the targets, the evasions, and the countering that would be trickier... the art in the art of knife-fighting, right? Also was it a concealed knife or one tucked away? I mean if everyone carried a knife or a gun, we'd know everyone had something but not where. If we all carried it the same way, just not too conspicuously, that'd be another story. On the side... seems like the pisau, tumbuk lada, and sewar probably have a similar usage as the badik right? |
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