SURPRISE! Wootz Steel in a Most Unexpected Place!...An Aceh Podang/Peudueng

[Maurice]

Originally Posted by CharlesS

The use of a leather scabbard here(with the peudueng) really surprises me. I have always understood that leather does not hold up well in tropical conditions.

Perhaps someone else knows more about this???

Hi Charles,

all peudeuangs I have seen and/or owned had leathered scabbards.

The Dutch marechaussees used klewangs in tropical conditions which also had leathered scabbards......

Kind regards,
Maurice