Aceh weapon identification

trajan · 8th April 2009, 04:16 AM

Hello,

I recently bought an estate collection that was accumulated from the 1920's-1950's. Got a few nice items for my collection but there were several items unknown to me.

I identified an Aceh sikin sword using this forum .

There is another similar piece I didn't find. the blade shape resembled the sikin but nuch smaller and slightly curved with a different type grip.

Hopefully someone can give it a name from my pictures.

The Sikin grip

The sikin and the smaller piece

The smaller piece with scabbard

Thanks for any help

matt

kai · 8th April 2009, 10:56 PM

Hello Matt,

Welcome to the forum!

That's a nice antique sikin/peudeueng panjang with a well-carved hulu peusangan.

The other blade is not from Aceh though: Seems to be a Filipino (Luzon) piece with some age (first half of 20th c.?). The blade shape is less common - what's the length?

Regards,
Kai

RhysMichael · 8th April 2009, 11:01 PM

I was hoping one of the folks that know a great deal more than I do would answer this. I am not really sure what the second piece is but my initial feeling is that the hilt looks to be from Java. I hope someone else is able to pipe in soon with better info.
added: or maybe the philippines and I am totally wrong

8th April 2009, 04:16 AM	#1
trajan Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 68	Aceh weapon identification Hello, I recently bought an estate collection that was accumulated from the 1920's-1950's. Got a few nice items for my collection but there were several items unknown to me. I identified an Aceh sikin sword using this forum . There is another similar piece I didn't find. the blade shape resembled the sikin but nuch smaller and slightly curved with a different type grip. Hopefully someone can give it a name from my pictures. The Sikin grip The sikin and the smaller piece The smaller piece with scabbard Thanks for any help matt

8th April 2009, 11:01 PM	#3
RhysMichael Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Virginia Posts: 520	I was hoping one of the folks that know a great deal more than I do would answer this. I am not really sure what the second piece is but my initial feeling is that the hilt looks to be from Java. I hope someone else is able to pipe in soon with better info. added: or maybe the philippines and I am totally wrong Last edited by RhysMichael; 8th April 2009 at 11:20 PM.

8th April 2009, 10:56 PM	#2
kai Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,255	Hello Matt, Welcome to the forum! That's a nice antique sikin/peudeueng panjang with a well-carved hulu peusangan. The other blade is not from Aceh though: Seems to be a Filipino (Luzon) piece with some age (first half of 20th c.?). The blade shape is less common - what's the length? Regards, Kai