Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd April 2025, 10:48 PM
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Hi Maurice,
I should have known this! :D I...
Hi Maurice,
I should have known this! :D I have a wooden Gayo keris handle already long in my own collection. Thank you for the hint! Sometimes you have the obvious things in front of your eyes...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd April 2025, 10:05 PM
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Hi Marc,
To find a sikin panjang without a...
Hi Marc,
To find a sikin panjang without a cracked handle is nearly impossible. I have four in my possession and all four have an age crack, small ones and bigger ones. all four handles are stable...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd January 2025, 06:49 PM
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Hi Ian,
That was my thought as well but now,...
Hi Ian,
That was my thought as well but now, after the cleaning I think it has to do with the lamination, the dings go confirm with the lamination. I will show it by pics as soon as I am ready...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th December 2024, 11:20 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th December 2024, 11:14 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th December 2024, 11:11 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th December 2024, 12:15 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th December 2024, 12:07 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th December 2024, 12:01 PM
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Details without flash. Like you can see at the...
Details without flash. Like you can see at the above posted first picture had the blade active rust when I received it, the pitting let by the dark areas is still visible, the bolster area was a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th December 2024, 11:40 AM
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It's the same sword, first picture shows it on...
It's the same sword, first picture shows it on the auction house photo and like I have received it, second picture after a short and superficial clean up with two windows polished in, the third...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th October 2024, 10:34 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th October 2024, 06:53 PM
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Thank you Maurice! :)
Thank you for...
Thank you Maurice! :)
Thank you for answering my never asked question if someone is familiar with the carving at the tip on the smaller one. So it's Gayo! :) Are you able to show similar...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th August 2024, 09:39 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th August 2024, 09:34 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th August 2024, 11:22 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th August 2024, 11:19 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th August 2024, 11:12 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd August 2024, 07:28 PM
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Here are some first pictures, one scabbard is...
Here are some first pictures, one scabbard is cleaned, the other one I've cleaned a window from dirt and grease, the blades I've started, by the one with inlays only a window.
When I finish the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd August 2024, 05:46 PM
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Replies: 41
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Hi Danny,
Thank you! I received them...
Hi Danny,
Thank you! I received them yesterday. The auction house had interchanged the scabbards and one scabbard mouth was once broken and got reglued, the blade which looks more worse on the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th July 2024, 04:03 PM
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Hello Jose and Ian,
Thank you! :cool: And...
Hello Jose and Ian,
Thank you! :cool: And yes, the scabbard mouths are from ivory.
I will post pictures soon as I have received them and have given them some care.
Regards,
Detlef
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th July 2024, 12:40 PM
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