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Greetings Folks!
Below is the scabbard for my sikim. I finally finished it with paduk wood and silver bands. There is carving at the throat. I want to thank Charles and Maurice for their help in researching and advice regarding this project. I am also posting this per request. Enjoy ![]() |
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Bravo! Great work as usual!
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that padauk is a dead ringer for Narra, too. Bravo! I like.
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Congrats with this great result!
Even the carvings on the scabbard mouth are there.... Also the silver bands are made the original old way! Kind Regards, Maurice |
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Brilliant work, thanks for sharing. Rod
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hi jose,
how come you don't use banati? can't they be ordered as well? or is sikin scabbard normally made out of narra? |
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Hi Jose,
nice work, you didn't made it quite easy for yourself by using padoek. Normally for sikimscabbards they use a very soft almost white kind of wood. Padoek is African. about the shape , if it was my piece I should file out the curves somewhat to make the overall look more Aceh. (see pic) Arjan |
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Thanks folks!
I think banati is very hard to get over here. Many sikim I have seen seem to be made of narra and so I use padauk. Yes it is very hard, but not as hard as ebony or kamagong! (stuff is like rock! ![]() |
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