Old Indonesian dagger for comment

RhysMichael · 9th August 2006, 08:21 PM

A nice rencong. You may have already seens this from Barbara Leigh's book on Aceh crafts "Hands of Time"
Acehnese say that the rencong takes the shape of the invocation, "Bismillaah In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate."

According to Drs. Syamsuddin and Drs. Nur Abbas of the Department of Education and Culture in Aceh, the component parts of the rencong can be likened to individual letters of the formal Arabic script huruf gundul, literally bare lettering, of the phrase Bismillaah

The hilt of the rencong is in the shape of "ba"
The decoration at the base of the hilt is "sin"
The blade's shape is "mim"
The shape of the metal parts at the top of the blade is "lam"
The base of the scabbard has the shape of the letter "ha"
Together, "ba, sin, mim, lam and ha" make up the world, "Bismillaah"

mmontoro · 10th August 2006, 01:25 AM

Very nice example and a good deal, too. This was a good post on the UBB forum on these, explaining the grip and "L" shaped appendage well. Scroll down to Tom Kehoe's posts. His silat teacher is in the SF area and very respected.

http://www.vikingsword.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000746.html

9th August 2006, 08:21 PM	#1
RhysMichael Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Virginia Posts: 520	A nice rencong. You may have already seens this from Barbara Leigh's book on Aceh crafts "Hands of Time" Acehnese say that the rencong takes the shape of the invocation, "Bismillaah In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate." According to Drs. Syamsuddin and Drs. Nur Abbas of the Department of Education and Culture in Aceh, the component parts of the rencong can be likened to individual letters of the formal Arabic script huruf gundul, literally bare lettering, of the phrase Bismillaah The hilt of the rencong is in the shape of "ba" The decoration at the base of the hilt is "sin" The blade's shape is "mim" The shape of the metal parts at the top of the blade is "lam" The base of the scabbard has the shape of the letter "ha" Together, "ba, sin, mim, lam and ha" make up the world, "Bismillaah"

10th August 2006, 01:25 AM	#2
mmontoro Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 91	Very nice example and a good deal, too. This was a good post on the UBB forum on these, explaining the grip and "L" shaped appendage well. Scroll down to Tom Kehoe's posts. His silat teacher is in the SF area and very respected. http://www.vikingsword.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000746.html