Sikim Scabbard - finally finished

Battara · 28th April 2011, 03:41 AM

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

KuKulzA28 · 28th April 2011, 03:51 AM

Bravo! Great work as usual!

ThePepperSkull · 28th April 2011, 05:26 AM

that padauk is a dead ringer for Narra, too. Bravo! I like.

Battara · 28th April 2011, 07:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThePepperSkull

that padauk is a dead ringer for Narra, too. Bravo! I like.

Oh yeah. Padauk is in the same family as narra, infact the inner core of narra is identical to the padauk tree.

Thank you both.

Maurice · 28th April 2011, 08:06 AM

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

inveterate · 28th April 2011, 10:33 AM

Brilliant work, thanks for sharing. Rod

Spunjer · 28th April 2011, 11:33 AM

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?

Mytribalworld · 28th April 2011, 08:01 PM

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

Battara · 29th April 2011, 04:05 AM

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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28th April 2011, 03:41 AM	#1
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,219	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 Attached Images

28th April 2011, 08:01 PM	#8
Mytribalworld Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 400	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 Attached Images

28th April 2011, 03:51 AM	#2
KuKulzA28 Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: between work and sleep Posts: 731	Bravo! Great work as usual!

28th April 2011, 05:26 AM	#3
ThePepperSkull Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 338	that padauk is a dead ringer for Narra, too. Bravo! I like.

28th April 2011, 08:06 AM	#5
Maurice Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,342	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
inveterate Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 58	Brilliant work, thanks for sharing. Rod

28th April 2011, 11:33 AM	#7
Spunjer Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Witness Protection Program Posts: 1,730	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?

29th April 2011, 04:05 AM	#9
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,219	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! ).