Two sikin panjang enter my collection
 

This two pieces will enter my collection!

Very nice. Especially after a clean up! Congratulations!

Sajen, lovely pieces. Are the scabbard mouths ivory?

Hello Jose and Ian,

Thank you! :cool: 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

Hello Detlef,

Nice catch, curious how the look after cleaning

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

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.

Hi Detlef,

A beautiful catch indeed a Sikin is also on my wish list.


Regards, Martin

Nice cath Detlef.

A sikin with a pentagram is still on my wish list.

Hi Detlef


Very nice Sikin, although I have no knowledge about it.
How do you clean the blades?
Regards
Marc

Hi Willem,

Thank you! :cool: The blade with gold inlay and pentagram was an extra surprise when I received them. It wasn't visible on the auction picture.

Regards,
Detlef

Thank you Marc! I clean them with sanding paper from coarse to fine.

They will stay in nice company with my two other sikins! ;)

Regards,
Detlef

Hi Martin,

Also to you, thank you! I am sure that a nice sikin will cross your way in short or a little bit longer! ;)

Hi Detlef,

Yes I am sure one day.

Regards, Martin

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.

Nice work Detlef!

Hi Danny,

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! :D;)

Regards,
Detlef

Thank you Jose but until now I've only cleaned and cared for the scabbards and handles and started to clean the blades, there is still a long way until they look like I want to have them.

Regards,
Detlef

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

Thank you Maurice! :)


Thank you for answering my never asked question if someone is familiar with the carving at the tip on the smaller one. So it's Gayo! :) Are you able to show similar motives?

Regards,
Detlef

Hello Detlef,

This one encounters your motif at the tip of your sikin sheath the most.

Regards,
Maurice

Another one that resembles the motif.

Thank you very much Maurice! :)

Regards,
Detlef