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28th April 2011, 03:41 AM | #1 |
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Sikim Scabbard - finally finished
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 |
28th April 2011, 03:51 AM | #2 |
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Bravo! Great work as usual!
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28th April 2011, 05:26 AM | #3 |
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that padauk is a dead ringer for Narra, too. Bravo! I like.
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28th April 2011, 07:21 AM | #4 | |
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Thank you both. |
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28th April 2011, 08:06 AM | #5 |
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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 |
28th April 2011, 10:33 AM | #6 |
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Brilliant work, thanks for sharing. Rod
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28th April 2011, 08:01 PM | #7 |
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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 |
29th April 2011, 04:05 AM | #8 |
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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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