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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th December 2016, 05:03 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 20,277
Posted By Rafngard
I consider this high praise coming from you! I...

I consider this high praise coming from you! I can't count the number of times I've drooled looking at pictures of your collection!



Ask and you shall receive!
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th December 2016, 04:50 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 20,277
Posted By Rafngard
Thank you all for your kind words on my small...

Thank you all for your kind words on my small collection.



Ah, you're a fan of the old ones I see. The fourth from the right was previously posted here.
...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th December 2016, 02:26 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 20,277
Posted By Rafngard
Oh! Make that three since the last group...

Oh!
Make that three since the last group photo.

Second from the right, one of Lew's old ones. Aluminum fittings, post WWII.

Thanks,
Leif
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th December 2016, 02:23 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 20,277
Posted By Rafngard
More family photos.

I continue to be bit by the gunong bug. Two new ones. I'll snap some better photos of these two when I have better light.

The Farthest on the left. Post WWII (?), MOP handle, and my first with...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 6th December 2016, 02:16 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 6,811
Posted By Rafngard
Firstly, thank you both for your comments. ...

Firstly, thank you both for your comments.

Secondly, apologies on it taking a bit, but, As requested, the scabbard without the rings on. It almost looks like it was originally two scabbards.


...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 30th November 2016, 04:38 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 6,811
Posted By Rafngard
A bugis Keris for discussion

Hello All,

Since I'm at home tonight (rather than at my regularly scheduled tuesday night silat class) due to illness, I decided to take a few pics of my newest Keris. Please forgive the paper...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th November 2016, 03:41 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 13,568
Posted By Rafngard
Thank you very much for your thoughts on this. ...

Thank you very much for your thoughts on this.



Oh! I didn't know there were any Minnesotans still active. If you're in the Twin Cities, you should let me buy you a beer sometime.

Have fun,...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th November 2016, 03:35 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 13,568
Posted By Rafngard
Except for a few spots, the surface is mostly...

Except for a few spots, the surface is mostly smooth, though I will give the acetone a try.

Thanks,
Leif
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th November 2016, 03:32 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 10,295
Posted By Rafngard
Hello all, First of all thank you all for...

Hello all,

First of all thank you all for your kind words.
I'm very happy to have found it. I would have been happier if it was diety hilted, but meh. Gift horse, mouth, etc.



Correct my...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 29th November 2016, 06:18 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 13,568
Posted By Rafngard
Hello Detlef, Do you think the blade color...

Hello Detlef,

Do you think the blade color could be original, do we have examples like that? Or is it more likely just old gunk?

Thanks,
Leif
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 29th November 2016, 03:31 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 10,295
Posted By Rafngard
A Bingangon from Pinay

Hello All,

Just snapped a few quick photos of a new toy. I think this is binangon from Pinay. The hilt is carabao horn, with a iron ferrule. The scabbard is wood with a (goat skin?) leather...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 29th November 2016, 03:14 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 13,568
Posted By Rafngard
Three new ones from Luzon

Hello All,

This time of year in Minnesota, good photo days are hard to come by, so when a bug to take some photos and post some of my newer toys came, I just did it, even if it was dark outside....
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th November 2016, 02:50 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 15,377
Posted By Rafngard
I'm with David on this one. Amazing piece,...

I'm with David on this one.

Amazing piece, amazing restoration, and really, just amazing all round.

Have fun,
Leif
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 9th October 2016, 07:36 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 13,873
Posted By Rafngard
Here's mine with a similar Loncengan ukiran. ...

Here's mine with a similar Loncengan ukiran.

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=20845
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th September 2016, 05:27 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 22,614
Posted By Rafngard
I don't haiku well I try so hard and yet fail. ...

I don't haiku well
I try so hard and yet fail.
Haikus are so hard.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 25th August 2016, 05:46 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 18,267
Posted By Rafngard
Hello All, I'll try to reply to the most...

Hello All,

I'll try to reply to the most salient points.



I agree.
Also, this picture is amazing.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 23rd August 2016, 10:16 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 18,267
Posted By Rafngard
I think it's not so much surprising as confirming...

I think it's not so much surprising as confirming that the moro kris was used in ways different than the arts that are openly pracriced today.

I thought that maybe, because:

1) the moro kris...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 23rd August 2016, 05:29 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 18,267
Posted By Rafngard
Hello all, Regarding the debate on...

Hello all,

Regarding the debate on two-handed kampilans, this is why I said arguably ;-)

The panabas thing is interesting. I need to study them more.

As context, in addition to collecting...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd August 2016, 05:19 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 18,267
Posted By Rafngard
Question about Filipino weapons, doubled edged and/or two handed.

Hello All,

A random thing got me thinking about double-edged and two-handed swords today.

Am I correct in thinking that:

1) there are no Filipino double-edged, two-handed swords?

2) only...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 4th August 2016, 04:06 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 12,831
Posted By Rafngard
Wow, just wow.

Wow, just wow.
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 4th August 2016, 04:03 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 21,843
Posted By Rafngard
Wow. Just wow. This collection of pics is...

Wow. Just wow.
This collection of pics is stunning.

Thanks,
Leif
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st August 2016, 03:24 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 12,377
Posted By Rafngard
The blade form looks a bit like a Lumad sangi. ...

The blade form looks a bit like a Lumad sangi.

Nothing else does though.

Good Luck,
Leif
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st August 2016, 03:22 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 20,704
Posted By Rafngard
...any related future nightmares I have are now...

...any related future nightmares I have are now your fault.

Have "fun,"
Leif
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 31st July 2016, 03:56 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 24,152
Posted By Rafngard
The internet is telling me that Tahitian lime is...

The internet is telling me that Tahitian lime is the same thing as Persian lime (perhaps the most commonly sold lime in the us). I am skeptical of this.
Am I right to be so?

Thanks,
Leif
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 29th July 2016, 05:19 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 13,318
Posted By Rafngard
Maybe new, but still cool

Despite being recent, the high-relief pamor is kind of a cool effect.

Thanks,
Leif
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