Aceh peudeueng

[werecow]

Originally Posted by asomotif

Nice peudeung with a laminanted blade.

Do you have a picture of the pommel cap ?

Sure, see attached. It is a bit too simple and smooth compared to the rest of the sword, hence my suspicion that it's not original, although it's clearly been on there for a while.

Originally Posted by asomotif

Here is another thread with some high quality blades.
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...=aceh+peudeung

Very nice basket and pommel cap on that one, too!

[werecow]

Here are some pictures from the (mislabeled) one in the Leiden ethnography museum (along with some other arms from India). Sorry about the dark pictures; the room is quite dark and they don't like it when you use the flash.

[Rick]

here are a couple of pictures from the replacement camera. It is defective and I will probably send it back; but it does take pictures after a fashion.
Sorry for the poor quality.

[werecow]

Very nice, Rick, thanks for adding it! Still better quality than my museum pictures.

[Athanase]

Hello Werecow,
I have a a peudeung with a very similar blade :

[werecow]

Very nice, I like those crisp lines! Are there any signs of laminations or pattern welding? And is that gold on the hilt or is that just a trick of the light?

[Athanase]

Originally Posted by werecow

Very nice, I like those crisp lines! Are there any signs of laminations or pattern welding? And is that gold on the hilt or is that just a trick of the light?

Yes there are some visible laminations under the oxidation.
On the hilt isn't gold but residues of old product to be cleaned such as Mirror.