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Old 24th July 2009, 01:06 PM   #1
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Hello everybody,
I need your opinion on my ultimate toy.
Is it a sewar, tumbuk , badik or orther rencong?
Its length is 16' ovl and 11' for the blade
the ferule is made with bone or ivory and the hilt is made with wood.
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Old 24th July 2009, 01:43 PM   #2
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Hello Ericlaude,

The blade and handle look odd. The base of the blade does not have the traditional bismallah carving, and the filaments look cut...Is the blade of uniform thickness?

I haven't seen handles like this one yet. It doesn't seem to match the floral bud of the scabbard.

Newer piece?

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Old 24th July 2009, 02:51 PM   #3
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Hello Emanuel,
The tickness isn't uniforme and the blade have a pamor and it's an old piece.
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Old 24th July 2009, 03:39 PM   #4
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Hi Ericlaude,

it's a sekin from Sumatra, the handle is typical for this daggers. But the "greneng" at the blade look a little bit abnormal. Search for sekin here, you will see some similar daggers. You will find it also in Van Z. under this name.

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Old 24th July 2009, 03:49 PM   #5
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Looks like a *Hulu Dandan variant with the end shortened a bit .




*Van Z. pg.52 fig. 131
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Old 24th July 2009, 03:58 PM   #6
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Hi sajen,
Thank you, now I found it in the " Van Zonneveld" book.
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