Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th October 2005, 02:40 AM
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Your reasoning sounds good. But I would also...
Your reasoning sounds good. But I would also look at the shape of the hilt as well. T'boli sword hilts tend to flare out more at the pommel than Bagobo hilts. Vandoo also has a good point about...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th September 2005, 03:03 AM
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Replies: 9
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Nice Ilongo Binangon...or you could call it a...
Nice Ilongo Binangon...or you could call it a ginunting....I prefer binangon.
Anyways, about the scabbard. It's all original, except that the leather throat is missing. It was there at one time....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd September 2005, 03:41 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th September 2005, 01:57 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th September 2005, 12:16 AM
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How much do you need?
I picked up a long...
How much do you need?
I picked up a long ikat weaving made of abaca about a yard wide by 3-4 yards long when I was in Davao just in May. It's much longer than I thought it was since in was rolled...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th September 2005, 08:25 AM
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Replies: 30
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Interesting sword....
It has all the...
Interesting sword....
It has all the characteristics of a Visayan sword, but where in the Visayas is a good question. If you look at the sword as a whole (blade, hilt, and scabbard) it appears to...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th September 2005, 04:27 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd September 2005, 10:28 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 45,577
Hey Federico!
Did you say San Miguels? Very...
Hey Federico!
Did you say San Miguels? Very tempting :D!!! Make it Red Horses and I'll be there tomorrow!
Robert, sounds good! Post pics. If you're ever in KC just email me and we can arrange...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd September 2005, 10:20 PM
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Replies: 17
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Hey philkid!
That gunong looks very familiar. ...
Hey philkid!
That gunong looks very familiar. Did you happen to pick it up in Aldevinco in Davao? I saw one there in May with an ivory hilt for sale by a Maranao merchant. The proprietor wasn't...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd September 2005, 04:55 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 45,577
Hey Robert!
How far is Centerville,KS from...
Hey Robert!
How far is Centerville,KS from KC,MO? I wouldn't mind actually seeing that piece in person. Post close-ups of the hilt and the scabbard when you get it as well as the ricasso. ...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd September 2005, 04:41 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd September 2005, 04:38 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th August 2005, 12:45 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th August 2005, 05:45 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 12,036
You know....
...if you pop off the barung...
You know....
...if you pop off the barung blade (which is a nice example of a shandigan type) and replace it with a classic scimitar-shaped pira blade....
...you'd have a really nice example of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd July 2005, 08:20 PM
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Replies: 16
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Spunger, if you want to blacken the blade i'd...
Spunger, if you want to blacken the blade i'd suggest a deep etch, but you won't get it to look like the morningstars blades. It is, I guess you could call it, by design. That's straight from the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd July 2005, 03:06 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 26,361
Dagas, Kutsilyso, Lansitas, punyals...whatever
Yo, Morningstar! I figured you'd get a lot of "what is it?" responses to your plamingko. It goes to show you that not every Visayan sword is a talibong, ginunting, garab, or sansibar. You and I...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st July 2005, 04:04 PM
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Replies: 16
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Hey morningstar! Those are the same bolos that...
Hey morningstar! Those are the same bolos that Shelley and the guys picked-up in Hinigaran. Yeah, they came in a variety of blade forms and sure they were sort of crude and ugly, but I wouldn't...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st July 2005, 02:56 AM
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Replies: 16
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Ilonggo blades
Actually, that's a pretty common blade, Spunger. It has has all the trademarks of an Ilonggo bolo: typical scabbard with leather throatpiece and brass bands, knob hilt pommel, long iron or brass...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th June 2005, 04:11 AM
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Replies: 51
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This looks very similar to a Filipino working...
This looks very similar to a Filipino working bolo called an espading. It's a bolo used for cutting sugar cane. Usually, the blade wouldn't be so bulbous on the side with the hook and would be more...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th June 2005, 03:54 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st June 2005, 06:46 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st May 2005, 03:13 PM
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Replies: 50
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Omar's was one of the shop's I visited...cool...
Omar's was one of the shop's I visited...cool guy. His salesgirls have no clue about swords though. Actually, he was the one to point me to the ivory hilt gunong.
As for the Visayan stuff...I'll...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st May 2005, 07:55 AM
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Replies: 50
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Actually, most if not all the Maranao merchants...
Actually, most if not all the Maranao merchants in Davao dealing in antique weapons were quite knowledgeable and were aware of the CITES issue. Sure, many had recently made krises with fancy hilts,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st May 2005, 07:09 AM
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Replies: 50
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th May 2005, 09:09 AM
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Replies: 50
Views: 59,913
Very interesting thread...
I just got back...
Very interesting thread...
I just got back from the Philippines and found this thread. It gave me quite a chuckle since it reminds me of when I was just in Davao bartering with a Maranao merchant...
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