20th July 2024, 12:40 PM | #1 |
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Two sikin panjang enter my collection
This two pieces will enter my collection!
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28th July 2024, 06:19 AM | #2 |
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Very nice. Especially after a clean up! Congratulations!
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28th July 2024, 08:25 AM | #3 |
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Sajen, lovely pieces. Are the scabbard mouths ivory?
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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. Regards, Detlef |
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Hello Detlef,
Nice catch, curious how the look after cleaning |
2nd August 2024, 05:46 PM | #6 |
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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. Regards, Detlef |
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. |
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. Regards, Martin |
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. |
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? Regards Marc |
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They will stay in nice company with my two other sikins! Regards, Detlef |
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Hi Detlef,
Yes I am sure one day. Regards, Martin |
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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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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! Regards, Detlef |
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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. Regards, Maurice Last edited by Maurice; 25th October 2024 at 05:08 PM. Reason: Addition |
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Thank you Maurice!
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This one encounters your motif at the tip of your sikin sheath the most. Regards, Maurice |
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27th October 2024, 09:57 PM | #22 |
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Another one that resembles the motif.
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27th October 2024, 10:34 PM | #23 |
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Thank you very much Maurice!
Regards, Detlef |
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