O.T. Not a chopper. Acehnese Rencong

ferguson

ferguson

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Hello All,
Just received this knife Friday. It's an Acehnese Rencong from Sumatra. Blade seems to be hand forged monosteel of good quality. Scabbard and hilt are brass with a silver wash. Craftsmanship is pretty good.

The Aceh are an Islamic people from Sumatra. The Rencong is worn stuck in a sash on the left side of the body, with the hilt pointing toward the right hand.

Just a little something out of the ordinary. Here are some pics.

Steve

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That is so cool, Steve!:) i love that blade shape. Thanks for sharin'.

Jake
 
Very interesting specimen you've got there. The handle is a bit unusual to say the least. What is the proper way to grip it?
 
ferguson said:
The Rencong is worn stuck in a sash on the left side of the body, with the hilt pointing toward the right hand.
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The tip of the handle points down and the knife is drawn like a push dagger with your index finger curling around the straight part of the handle. Once drawn the knife is thrust into your target.
 
Steve, that is One Beautiful Knife and That Is a Bee-Yoo-Tee-Full finish on the blade.:D :cool: :D
Is it as tempered, etched or?
It appears too have a temper line, or is that just the light and the photo? :confused:
 
Thanks Bill. I can only afford the ones that are mis-described on Ebay. The prices on Philippine and Indonesian pieces have gone out the roof, as you well know.

Yvsa, The blade was a little rusty, and I hoped it might be pattern-welded, so I lightly sanded and etched it. Alas, it was mono-steel, but well forged, and hardened. What looks like a temper line may be the lighting, or a fuller that starts wide at the ricasso and sweeps up toward the spine, narrowing.

Thanks for looking guys. I've got to share my stuff with you guys. Everyone around home just says " well Steve got another wierd knife" . :rolleyes:

Steve
 
" well Steve got another wierd knife"
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Interestingly enough, if you take the first letter of each sentence of the posts prior to this, they spell... umm... Never mind.

Steve, what are it's dimensions?

That's an interesting protrusion where the cho would be. Is it as roughly layered as it looks?

Thanks a bunch for sharing that. I'd never seen one of those.
 
Hi Aardvark!
There's a line in the forging, a flaw I guess, and the lighting makes it look kind of layered. There are sharp "teeth" around the edge of that protrusion. The blade is 8" long from tip to the silver hilt. The hilt is about 3 1/2" in both directions of the "L".

Steve

Oh, by the way. I'm thinking of starting a business called:

Ferguson Unusual Custom Knives, or.........never mind ;)
 
ferguson said:
Thanks Bill. I can only afford the ones that are mis-described on Ebay. The prices on Philippine and Indonesian pieces have gone out the roof, as you well know. Steve
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I do know. Am buying mostly from other collectors now. In that vein, would you like to double your money on that Rencong? :D :D :cool: <grin>
 
ferguson said:
Thanks Bill. But money's just money. A knife is a knife. :)

Steve
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Steve, I totally understand. I feel the same way. Hang onto that knife, you got a really nice one.
 
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