( how ) Old ? Rencong dagger

[francantolin]

Thank you all for your message
and the good news

Strange the choice of hippo for the hilt,
Do they import it from Africa ?
If I am not wrong, they aren’t hippo in Indonesia and Asia.

I wasn’t sure about the ferrule who has often a crown shape on the rencong I saw.
This one is ́’flat ’́’ so I thought it was more recent ( but the quality is ok )

Kind regards

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by francantolin

Strange the choice of hippo for the hilt,
Do they import it from Africa ?
If I am not wrong, they aren’t hippo in Indonesia and Asia.

Yes, hippo ivory got imported from Africa, it's a very common material in South-East-Asia.

Originally Posted by francantolin

I wasn’t sure about the ferrule who has often a crown shape on the rencong I saw.
This one is ́’flat ’́’ so I thought it was more recent ( but the quality is ok )

These ferrules are quite common on rencongs, see the attached pic of some rencong from my own collection.

Regards,
Detlef

[francantolin]

Thank ́s a lot Detlef !

I just knew the models with crowns or without any deco ferrules ( in blue )

[francantolin]

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[Sajen]

Your very nice piece is from Aceh. And like I said before, I would give the scabbard some oil.

Regards,
Detlef