Siwai/Siwah/Sewar dagger 19th Century ?

Rick · 8th August 2008, 06:21 PM

Not to mention CITES .
A thousand dollar gamble .

Silver work looks pretty nice; the rest ... not so much .

CharlesS · 8th August 2008, 08:50 PM

These look very much composite to me, perhaps even a blend of old and (very)new parts. The silver work in particular looks very recent, and when there is no patination around such work, especially on ivory hilts among some of the seller's other offerings, it makes me even more convinced it is newer work.

Battara · 9th August 2008, 04:40 AM

The silver work on this one seems especially new - the crown ferrule was a dead give-away to me. What also threw me off was the engraving - all of the best nobility pieces I have seen (or in pictures) have been chased or repoussed, not engraved.

asomotif · 11th August 2008, 12:16 PM

Thanks, I also got suspicious by someone offering so much pieces of 'high' quality that can still be found among the nobles on Sumatra.

Indonesia is becomming the new China I guess....

8th August 2008, 06:21 PM	#1
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,339	Not to mention CITES . A thousand dollar gamble . Silver work looks pretty nice; the rest ... not so much .

8th August 2008, 08:50 PM	#2
CharlesS Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 1,854	These look very much composite to me, perhaps even a blend of old and (very)new parts. The silver work in particular looks very recent, and when there is no patination around such work, especially on ivory hilts among some of the seller's other offerings, it makes me even more convinced it is newer work.

9th August 2008, 04:40 AM	#3
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,280	The silver work on this one seems especially new - the crown ferrule was a dead give-away to me. What also threw me off was the engraving - all of the best nobility pieces I have seen (or in pictures) have been chased or repoussed, not engraved.

11th August 2008, 12:16 PM	#4
asomotif Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 2,235	Thanks, I also got suspicious by someone offering so much pieces of 'high' quality that can still be found among the nobles on Sumatra. Indonesia is becomming the new China I guess....