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Old 14th July 2012, 01:27 AM   #2
kai
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Congrats again, Willem!

While the blade may well come from Aceh, all the fittings do look Karo Batak to me: IMHO a good, genuine piece. It is known that the sikin / peudeueng panjang was also used in the Batak area but examples appear to be quite rare.

Gavin offered its small brother a while ago:
http://www.swordsantiqueweapons.com/s628_full.html
(pics attached for archive purposes)

Regards,
Kai
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