Hey guys (sikin pasangan....)

Flavio · 5th August 2008, 10:47 PM

Hi to all of you, dear friends!!! I'm returned to home.... well the excavations were nice but in Calabria I wasn't able to find nothing of sharp and made of steel.... Fortunately there are some friends in Holland that sell to me some nice pieces... Here is the first: a nice sikin pasangan

all comments are welcome and.... it's nice to meet you again, I missed you

katana · 5th August 2008, 10:58 PM

Hi Flavio,
welcome back

Very nice piece, congrats .....have you 'gone off' arm daggers

Do you know whether the scabbard is original to the sword ?

Regards David

Flavio · 5th August 2008, 11:10 PM

Thanks David

unfurtunately for my pockets I like too many kind of weapons (kris, sikin, arm daggers, golok)......

I think that the scabbard is original but it's possible that the mouth piece is a replecement. What I really like is the handle and the decorations on it

Flavio

Bill M · 6th August 2008, 12:38 AM

Nice sikin pasangan! I also like the handle. Good carving.

Lew · 6th August 2008, 01:47 AM

Hi Flavio

Nice to here from you. I thought you would have found a nice spear head or some arrow heads on your dig oh well maybe next time. Very nice Sikin congrats!

Lew

Battara · 6th August 2008, 02:05 AM

Welcome back and what a nice puppy!

Flavio · 6th August 2008, 07:59 AM

Thank you Bill, Lou and Jose!!

Lou, we have found many arrow heads in obsidian, I hoped to find also some bronze objects since the village is dated to the early bronze age, but we wasn't so lucky

VVV · 6th August 2008, 08:47 AM

Welcome back Flavio!

Nice sword with a beautiful hilt.
I also suspect that the scabbard is later than the blade and hilt.

Michael

Flavio · 6th August 2008, 02:24 PM

Thank you Michael. Yes maybe as you and David say the scabbard is not original to the sword. Soon, pics of another sikin

Henk · 6th August 2008, 06:47 PM

As suggested by some members the scabbard is a later replacement. But a well carved one. Nice piece.

Flavio · 9th August 2008, 08:22 AM

Thank you Henk

Well I had taken a better look at the scabbard... Maybe the scabbard it's not original to the sikn but anyway has some age since there are several craks and some pieces are lost... The mouth piece it's instead a new replecement quite well carved even if not a masterpiece

Thank you guys

5th August 2008, 10:47 PM	#1
Flavio Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Italia Posts: 1,243	Hey guys (sikin pasangan....) Hi to all of you, dear friends!!! I'm returned to home.... well the excavations were nice but in Calabria I wasn't able to find nothing of sharp and made of steel.... Fortunately there are some friends in Holland that sell to me some nice pieces... Here is the first: a nice sikin pasangan all comments are welcome and.... it's nice to meet you again, I missed you Attached Images

5th August 2008, 10:58 PM	#2
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,653	Hi Flavio, welcome back Very nice piece, congrats .....have you 'gone off' arm daggers Do you know whether the scabbard is original to the sword ? Regards David

5th August 2008, 11:10 PM	#3
Flavio Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Italia Posts: 1,243	Thanks David unfurtunately for my pockets I like too many kind of weapons (kris, sikin, arm daggers, golok)...... I think that the scabbard is original but it's possible that the mouth piece is a replecement. What I really like is the handle and the decorations on it Flavio

6th August 2008, 12:38 AM	#4
Bill M Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: USA Georgia Posts: 1,599	Nice sikin pasangan! I also like the handle. Good carving.

6th August 2008, 01:47 AM	#5
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	Hi Flavio Nice to here from you. I thought you would have found a nice spear head or some arrow heads on your dig oh well maybe next time. Very nice Sikin congrats! Lew

6th August 2008, 02:05 AM	#6
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,219	Welcome back and what a nice puppy!

6th August 2008, 07:59 AM	#7
Flavio Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Italia Posts: 1,243	Thank you Bill, Lou and Jose!! Lou, we have found many arrow heads in obsidian, I hoped to find also some bronze objects since the village is dated to the early bronze age, but we wasn't so lucky

6th August 2008, 08:47 AM	#8
VVV Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 1,637	Welcome back Flavio! Nice sword with a beautiful hilt. I also suspect that the scabbard is later than the blade and hilt. Michael

6th August 2008, 02:24 PM	#9
Flavio Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Italia Posts: 1,243	Thank you Michael. Yes maybe as you and David say the scabbard is not original to the sword. Soon, pics of another sikin

6th August 2008, 06:47 PM	#10
Henk Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,209	As suggested by some members the scabbard is a later replacement. But a well carved one. Nice piece.

9th August 2008, 08:22 AM	#11
Flavio Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Italia Posts: 1,243	Thank you Henk Well I had taken a better look at the scabbard... Maybe the scabbard it's not original to the sikn but anyway has some age since there are several craks and some pieces are lost... The mouth piece it's instead a new replecement quite well carved even if not a masterpiece Thank you guys