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Old 20th July 2024, 12:40 PM   #1
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Default Two sikin panjang enter my collection

This two pieces will enter my collection!
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Old 28th July 2024, 06:19 AM   #2
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Very nice. Especially after a clean up! Congratulations!
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Old 28th July 2024, 08:25 AM   #3
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Sajen, lovely pieces. Are the scabbard mouths ivory?
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Old 28th July 2024, 04:03 PM   #4
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Hello Jose and Ian,

Thank you! And yes, the scabbard mouths are from ivory.
I will post pictures soon as I have received them and have given them some care.

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Old 2nd August 2024, 10:08 AM   #5
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Hello Detlef,

Nice catch, curious how the look after cleaning
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Old 2nd August 2024, 05:46 PM   #6
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Hello Detlef,

Nice catch, curious how the look after cleaning
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 picture is the better one and I've tried to clean a window, it's time consuming but the blade will look great when complete cleaned, it has inlays at the crown (the most is gone), the spine and on the blade, also here is the most gone.
Both are nicer than the picture suggests. Some first pictures will follow.

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Old 2nd August 2024, 07:28 PM   #7
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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 work I will post further pictures.
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Old 3rd August 2024, 09:02 PM   #8
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Hi Detlef,

A beautiful catch indeed a Sikin is also on my wish list.


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Old 4th August 2024, 12:41 AM   #9
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Nice cath Detlef.

A sikin with a pentagram is still on my wish list.
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Old 4th August 2024, 10:24 AM   #10
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Hi Detlef


Very nice Sikin, although I have no knowledge about it.
How do you clean the blades?
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Old 4th August 2024, 11:12 AM   #11
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Nice catch Detlef.

A sikin with a pentagram is still on my wish list.
Hi Willem,

Thank you! The blade with gold inlay and pentagram was an extra surprise when I received them. It wasn't visible on the auction picture.

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Old 4th August 2024, 11:19 AM   #12
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Very nice Sikin, although I have no knowledge about it.
How do you clean the blades?
Thank you Marc! I clean them with sanding paper from coarse to fine.

They will stay in nice company with my two other sikins!

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A beautiful catch indeed a Sikin is also on my wish list.
Hi Martin,

Also to you, thank you! I am sure that a nice sikin will cross your way in short or a little bit longer!
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Hi Detlef,

Yes I am sure one day.

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Old 4th August 2024, 09:50 PM   #15
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Hi Detlef,

The look already better than on the photos from the auction house.
The inlay is a nice bonus!
I really like the carving on the bottom of one of the scabbards.
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Nice work Detlef!
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Hi Detlef,

The look already better than on the photos from the auction house.
The inlay is a nice bonus!
I really like the carving on the bottom of one of the scabbards.
Hi Danny,

Both have potential but both need a lot of attention. I will work on them and will post pictures when they look like I want to have them!

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Nice work Detlef!
Thank you Jose but until now I've only cleaned and cared for the scabbards and handles and started to clean the blades, there is still a long way until they look like I want to have them.

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Old 25th October 2024, 05:05 PM   #19
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Hi Detlef,

Both beautiful sikin panjangs.
As you know, these blades wandered through the regions upnorth (Aceh, Alas, Gajo, even in the Batak regions).

In the smaller sikin you can clearly see the 'evidence' of such wandering.
The motif at the tip of the scabbard is Gayo style, while the sikin itself and the other motifs carved in the scabbard are Achenese. I like these kind of 'crossculturals' a lot.

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Hi Detlef,

Both beautiful sikin panjangs.
Thank you Maurice!


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In the smaller sikin you can clearly see the 'evidence' of such wandering.
The motif at the tip of the scabbard is Gayo style, while the sikin itself and the other motifs carved in the scabbard are Achenese. I like these kind of 'crossculturals' a lot.
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 motives?

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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 motives?

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Detlef
Hello Detlef,

This one encounters your motif at the tip of your sikin sheath the most.

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Another one that resembles the motif.
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Thank you very much Maurice!

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