ARE THESE ALL SANGKITS ?

Royston · 19th April 2009, 04:24 PM

Greetings

These have been in my collection since the mid eighties. Three were puchased from an English auction house and the curved one with the white bone hilt came from a private collecter.

I think the 3 wooden hilted ones are Sangkit, but as you can see the blades are slightly different although all are a similar size.

Only one has a wooden scabbard although another has the remains of a similar one.

The bone hilted one has a similar hilt form and the round ferrule, but the blade is more like a Langgai Tinggan in shape.

As usual, your comments would be appreciated.

Regards
Royston

Maurice · 19th April 2009, 08:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Royston

Greetings

The bone hilted one has a similar hilt form and the round ferrule.

Hello Royston,

If you will have a close look again you will notice that the bone hilt differs from the wooden handles. The bone hilt is the hilt that was used for the latoks.
But the ferrule shows similarities with the wooden handles of your sangkits.
The blade is the blade used for a so called parang pedang.

A similar one was discussed in the following thread:

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...=parang+pedang

By the way, all nice swords!
I still need to get one yet ....

Sajen · 19th April 2009, 09:02 PM

Sorry, can't help. Only want to say that it is a great collection of rare swords.
sajen

Royston · 22nd April 2009, 10:57 AM

Sajen,

Thanks for the compliments

Maurice ,

Thanks for the comments and links.

I should have looked more carefully at the style of hilt. You are correct it does resemble the latok hilt.

The links are interesting but there is still no name for this type that I can see.

regards
Royston

VVV · 22nd April 2009, 12:23 PM

Royston,

Sorry if my comment was confusing in the old thread.
I later bought that parang, so I have handled it, and it is a Parang Pedang.
But there seems to be tribal variations of the Parang Pedang, as among other popular Borneo parang,
and yours is clearly a Murut version.
Very nice collection of rare Murut swords btw.

Michael

DaveF · 15th February 2021, 06:03 PM

Here's another karit ilang, aka Sangkit, for reference purposes. Another thread showing these blades is here.

19th April 2009, 04:24 PM	#1
Royston Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Poole England Posts: 443	ARE THESE ALL SANGKITS ? Greetings These have been in my collection since the mid eighties. Three were puchased from an English auction house and the curved one with the white bone hilt came from a private collecter. I think the 3 wooden hilted ones are Sangkit, but as you can see the blades are slightly different although all are a similar size. Only one has a wooden scabbard although another has the remains of a similar one. The bone hilted one has a similar hilt form and the round ferrule, but the blade is more like a Langgai Tinggan in shape. As usual, your comments would be appreciated. Regards Royston Attached Images

22nd April 2009, 10:57 AM	#4
Royston Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Poole England Posts: 443	NO NAME Sajen, Thanks for the compliments Maurice , Thanks for the comments and links. I should have looked more carefully at the style of hilt. You are correct it does resemble the latok hilt. The links are interesting but there is still no name for this type that I can see. regards Royston

15th February 2021, 06:03 PM	#6
DaveF Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: Lancashire, England Posts: 37	Here's another karit ilang, aka Sangkit, for reference purposes. Another thread showing these blades is here. Attached Images

19th April 2009, 09:02 PM	#3
Sajen Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany, Dortmund Posts: 8,761	Sorry, can't help. Only want to say that it is a great collection of rare swords. sajen

22nd April 2009, 12:23 PM	#5
VVV Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 1,637	Royston, Sorry if my comment was confusing in the old thread. I later bought that parang, so I have handled it, and it is a Parang Pedang. But there seems to be tribal variations of the Parang Pedang, as among other popular Borneo parang, and yours is clearly a Murut version. Very nice collection of rare Murut swords btw. Michael