Sikin Pasangan

[Bill M]

36" OAL

This is from Aceh, I would like to know more about the type of sword and anything you can tell me about this one?

The silver bands seem of good quality though I think that I'll leave them as they are. I like the patina.

Comments?

[Ferguson]

Stunning!
Steve

[Lew]

Bill

Santa came early to your house this year but how did he fit that sword in your stocking? ;) :D


Very nice piece congrats,

Lew

[Rick]

The blade reminds me of a peudueng's . (sp?)

[Bill M]

Bill

Santa came early to your house this year but how did he fit that sword in your stocking? ;) :D

Very nice piece congrats,

Lew
Lew,

I took Jens advice :D :D

Have you all nailed a pair of pantyhose to the mantelpiece? It is better than a stocking, as there will be room for two swords :p.

I also have a Moro spear/budiak that is about nine feet long. It stuck out of the pantyhose. Will post it soon.

Had fugly yellowish varnish all over the blade and the ferrules,so I am having to clean them. It is coming out very good. The ferrules are silver. Jose, you'll be pleased.



The blade reminds me of a peudueng's . (sp?)

Very good point, Rick.

In all the the below pictures the Sikin is on the bottom. Amazing similarities! The peudueng is a little longer.

[Mytribalworld]

36" OAL

This is from Aceh, I would like to know more about the type of sword and anything you can tell me about this one?

The silver bands seem of good quality though I think that I'll leave them as they are. I like the patina.

Comments?

Hi Bill,

In the first weeks of januari I will list some free to download very old articles about Aceh stuff on my site. The text is however is dutch and German but its is a very good reference work and the plates will speak all languages.
Please don't change anything on the piece and I was you I should also not polish the silver...

[Battara]

I would disagree about the silver......

Would be good to see the blade etched (etching and polishing silver does not lower value).

[Bill M]

Hi Bill,

In the first weeks of January I will list some free to download very old articles about Aceh stuff on my site. The text is however is dutch and German but its is a very good reference work and the plates will speak all languages.
Please don't change anything on the piece and I was you I should also not polish the silver...


Hi Arjan,

Thank you. I can translate German and Dutch. I may not get the idioms and colloquialisms right, but will get the basics.

Sorry Jose, I was thinking about leaving the silver like it is. So far, all I have done is to gently clean the white residue from the carving on the hilt. Otherwise, I think that I'll leave it alone.

[RhysMichael]

The blade reminds me of a peudueng's . (sp?)
It is a peudeung, pedang or Sikin" ( Sikim , Sikkim, Sekem ). The reason there are so many names for these swords is that there are 10 subethnic groups of acehnesse (such as Aceh , Gayo, Alas, Aneuk Jamee, Melayu Tamiang, Kluet, Devayan, Sigulai, Haloban and Julu )
It is a very nice example. Congatulations.

We have talked about these a few times here on the forum and a couple of years ago I tried to pull together the information from here. you can find it here
http://home.comcast.net/~jtcrosby/Aceh.html

These peudeung can also be found with Hulu tapa guda but I have only see a few of those and unfortunately do not own one.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v96/RhysMicheal/Aceh/Hulutype4copy.jpg

[Bill M]

Thank you RhysMichael. This is some very good information!!

I REALLY like the designs on the scabbard. The language looks like it could have roots in Tamil.

I wonder if the Achenese had trade with India. Looks like they traded with about everyone else!

Want to know more. Come on Arjan, we are only about a week away from January!

[RhysMichael]

Here is a peudeung with a hulu tapa guda

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v96/RhysMicheal/Aceh/ebaysword.jpg

Another from an earlier thread is here
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=17016&stc=1

[RhysMichael]

I REALLY like the designs on the scabbard. The language looks like it could have roots in Tamil.

I wonder if the Achenese had trade with India. Looks like they traded with about everyone else!



It is believed that there is a long history of trade with India. Hindu and Buddist influence from India may have reached Aceh as early as the first century from

First International Conference of Aceh and Indian Ocean Studies was held by the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore Eehabilitation and Construction Executing Agency for Aceh and Nias (BRR), Banda Aceh, Indonesia in February 2007. I am hoping in the second they will have more on the early history of Aceh

you can find the proceedings of that conference here
http://www.ari.nus.edu.sg/events_categorydetails.asp?categoryid=6&eventid=539

And there are several people here who have sent me a good bit of information on Aceh that I am sure will chime in soon.

[CharlesS]

Here is another one with another nice hulu, and all silver scabbard cover with ivory embellished scabbard mouth.

[Dajak]

That is an nice one Charless looks like an very long one


Ben

[asomotif]

A very nice Sikin. :eek:
I have had it in my hands last month when it was still in the Netherlands.

The blade is quite common, as far as Siking Pasangangs of this quality are common :D

The silver can be cleaned, it will get darker by time again.
But I would also choose to leave them as it is.
I Have no experience in etching, but from previous posts by Bill we can see that this is in goods hands ;)

enclosed a picture of a sikin with similar bladepoint.

[Bill M]

The handle is horn. Could this be rhino?

[asomotif]

Dear Bill,

No, as far as I could see it is Buffalhorn.

Ps. some more pictures of the blades I currently have.
2 x Sikin Pasangang and 1 x Pedueng
I Sikin has a very faint image of a European looking shield engraving.

[Bill M]

Dear Bill,

No, as far as I could see it is Buffalhorn.



Thank you Willem,

I am sure you are correct since you are familiar with Sikin and have handled my sword in the Netherlands.

It does not seem as fibrous as rhino is usually.

I read that rhino horn became more sticky when wet and noticed that when I was cleaning the handle it did seem to become sticky. I guess that buffalo horn may also exhibit this characteristic.

You have some nice pieces as well.