Golok Pandjang Sintoeng restoration

[Atlantia]

Originally Posted by mandaukudi

Hi Gene,

that looks much better now ! One more question , did you also reshape the long sides or only the short ones ? ( it looks if you only did the short sides but its difficult to see)

I would say horn pins and no drainage hole....

Arjan

Hi Arjan,

I reshaped the entire piece, it's difficult to see in the pics, but I reduced the whole thing by over a third in weight.
The scabbard and the top mount both have a flat 'end' and a rounded one. So I followed that on this mount.
The scabbard isn't exactly symetrical, so this mount has to follow that slightly irregular shape (slightly flatter on one side).
Have a look at these pictures of the mount 'off' hopefully it'll show it better.
Any comments welcome.

Best
Gene

P.S. I usually enjoy making little bits for weapons, but working this substance is not enjoyable in any way.