Small golok for ID

JeffS · 16th December 2024, 02:59 PM

I don't think it had a previous life as a sikin panjang. The blade thickness is too thin and the steel doesn't have the nice watered pattern I've seen in sikin panjang and other Aceh blades, in short it is too primitive compared to examples I've seen - more utility knife in fancy dress than repurposed weapon. The bolster appears to be brass or bronze, lighter weight and smaller than typical panjang and rentcong crowns. Good call on the the downturned "wings" extension on the scabbard mouth reflecting Aceh weapons, though this example is not nearly as asymmetrical as those. Northern Sumatra or Aceh seem the best contenders so far...

16th December 2024, 02:59 PM	#4
JeffS Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Singapore Posts: 423	I don't think it had a previous life as a sikin panjang. The blade thickness is too thin and the steel doesn't have the nice watered pattern I've seen in sikin panjang and other Aceh blades, in short it is too primitive compared to examples I've seen - more utility knife in fancy dress than repurposed weapon. The bolster appears to be brass or bronze, lighter weight and smaller than typical panjang and rentcong crowns. Good call on the the downturned "wings" extension on the scabbard mouth reflecting Aceh weapons, though this example is not nearly as asymmetrical as those. Northern Sumatra or Aceh seem the best contenders so far...