Indo Knife for comment

[Spunjer]

Sometimes there is a pendoko between the hilt and the blade. Perhaps that piece is missing from your blade and if present, would have provided the necessary hilt reduction.

that would make a lot of sense, robt, for not fitting like it should. also the blade was easily removed from the handle (well, after wiggling it, but it didn't take much...). it's a very stealthy weapon, i must add.



does these type of knives come in different sizes, or are they always this small? ronpakis mentioned that it's a status knife as well, but for its size, it's really hard to show it off..

[RobT]

Hi Spunjer,
My largest one (the first antique knife I ever bought) has a 9 1/8" blade and my smallest one has a 6 3/4" blade. My wife has one with a 10" blade. I don't think they come much larger than that. My rentjong has a 9 1/2" blade.
Sincerely,
RobT

[ronpakis]

very often these type of knives have large cracks at the base of the handle. many rencongs also quite often have this problem. perhaps somebody made it a little bit shorter because it was dammaged. handle and wranka look as if they are made from the same type of wood.

[RobT]

Hi ronpakis,
Not only do the hilt and wranka both appear to be kemmuning they also share the chevron design motif so I think, as I said from the start, that it's pretty likely that the hilt and sheath go together. Since the blade fits the sheath the most probable explanations I can see for the hilt to blade mismatch are either a missing pendok or (as you surmised) a cut down hilt.
Sincerely,
RobT