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Hello
I would love to receive any information or suggestions concerning this Sewar. I originally thought it was a Keris, but learned on Bladeforums of my mistake. I recently received this from my mother's husband who's father collected it in Sumatra between 1915 - 1918. ![]() -- Jeff BTW - This is a great forum. I'm looking forwad to learning about collecting Ethnographic weapons. Last edited by Dizos; 1st September 2005 at 09:35 PM. |
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This seems to be a really nice piece with well-tempered edge (that dark zone extending from the tip along the edge). Please post close-ups if possible - this would help assessing the materials utilized. Quote:
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Kai has a good point about the addiction problem.....uh.....anyway, it looks like the bands on the scabbard and the hilt are silver with the pommel of the sewar and the bottom of the scabbard possibly being of bone, though better closeups would be more helpful and help determine materials better (especially if bone or ivory). The black part of the hilt of course is horn.
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A very nice sewar indeed.
![]() Welcome to the forum. You can search this forum for more info, under "sewar", "sewah", "siwah". |
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Thanks again for helping me learn about this. This is very exciting. I'm brand new to the world of ethnographic weapons, though I do have a Kinjal I purchased in Turkey that I will post another time. I'm curious if it is the real deal or not. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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I think the dark part of the hilt is indeed carabao horn. I zoomed in on your excellent photo of the hilt and the grain looks like old horn. See how at a couple of places you see lighter streaks that are almost very fine cracks? Also, it looks like a small "bug bite" where an insect has been eating the handle, common with horn. Of course, you have it in your hand and can see better than a picture, so it may be wood.
Very nice sewar! Steve Ferguson |
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