Balinese Wedung

VVV · 27th September 2005, 09:07 AM

Wedung is not the correct term but I have seen it being used in the forum before, as well as the term is used by Holstein, so that's why I used it. Maybe the proper Balinese term is Madik?

In van Z there is a ceremonial knife as reference. Oriental Arms has one as well in their Gallery.

http://www.oriental-arms.com/item.php?id=1812

I have also seen two other knives like this when visiting European collectors.

The reason I asked was to see if anybody else was puzzled by the simple look of it. The carvings seems correct but the sheath and hilt is not painted and the blade seems to be of less quality than the documented ones.
Could it be a Balinese tourist version???

Michael

27th September 2005, 09:07 AM	#5
VVV Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 1,637	Wedung is not the correct term but I have seen it being used in the forum before, as well as the term is used by Holstein, so that's why I used it. Maybe the proper Balinese term is Madik? In van Z there is a ceremonial knife as reference. Oriental Arms has one as well in their Gallery. http://www.oriental-arms.com/item.php?id=1812 I have also seen two other knives like this when visiting European collectors. The reason I asked was to see if anybody else was puzzled by the simple look of it. The carvings seems correct but the sheath and hilt is not painted and the blade seems to be of less quality than the documented ones. Could it be a Balinese tourist version??? Michael