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Puņal Filipino?
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Hi Guys,
Another of my impromptu acquisitions, I believe it is a filipino dagger, or Puņal. Quite dainty, in fact wifey loves it. Any extra info on its origins? Seems like a beautiful cousin to the larger, brutish spanish albacetes. Best M |
Hello Celtan,
nice and older one since the handle is elongated (this is what I have learned at this place). The real name is gunong. Try to etch the blade, it has maybe a nice lamination.:) Here you can see many more of this nice daggers: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=5732 Regards, Detlef |
Sajen is right it is a gunong. Some say that slender handles like this indicate an older piece than that of the more "pistol" like hilts. I would say perhaps a little before 1900. Origin? Hard to place. Maybe Mindanao based on the okir, but this is a guess.
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I like it. :) Definitely a laminated blade.
Here's one with a similarly shaped blade that has been etched. Steve http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...-11-2009-d.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...9-pattern1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...1-2009-tip.jpg |
Steve has a point - if you etch the blade the laminations will be more pronounced.
Like the laminations on this one Steve. Once again you are the king (or datu?) of the gunongs. :D |
Interesting.
By ""etching", do you imply I should leave the blade dark, sans polishing back to bright..? Best regards and thank you very much for all the info. Manuel |
Manuel
You can etch with diluted ferric chloride solution if you want but I would just leave it be. It looks nice just the way it is ;) |
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