Aceh peudeung restored

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Here are some pics of the before mentioned gold top pieces of handles.

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They are definitely influenced by Indian basket hilts, and are often mistaken for them. There's one in the World Museum here in Leiden that is mislabeled as Indian.
I don't know how far back they go but this rather cool looking lar bango sword (18th c according to the auctioneer) has something that looks to be an earlier version of such a hilt (grip not as strongly curved near the pommel as these later examples).

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BTW Detlef I would be interested in hearing how you went about fastening that blade without damaging anything. I have one sword I kind of need to do that with but it is a silver hilted Yemeni saif and I am worried I will destroy it when/if I try.

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by werecow

BTW Detlef I would be interested in hearing how you went about fastening that blade without damaging anything. I have one sword I kind of need to do that with but it is a silver hilted Yemeni saif and I am worried I will destroy it when/if I try.

Hello Jelle,

I have used a two component mass named milliput, it's like putty and gets hard after a few hours and is black when hardened and looks like cutler's resin when hardened. You can get it on Amazon.

Regards,
Detlef

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Thanks Detlef.

I'm still a bit weary but maybe I will work up the nerve one day.