Upper class Datu ivory, swassa, and silver barong

[mariusgmioc]

Originally Posted by Battara

By the way, this is how I originally got the piece. I etched the blade, cleaned up the hilt and took off the former "repair" tail off and did my best to repair/restore the tail.

Honestly, I liked the blade better before the etching. This is neither a wootz, nor a pattern welded blade where the pattern of the steel has some intrinsic purpose. This is simply a laminated blade and I consider it should be kept as clean as possible and definitely not etched.

But this is my opinion...

[Battara]

Actually it is custom to etch the blade on these pieces. I'm following tradition.