Anyone here win this one[Talibong/Garab]?

[kronckew]

Originally Posted by KuKulzA28

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Talibong are nice blades... I don't see them making them like that no more

i don't know, they still make nice blades, this one is in L6 by Jun Silva, late 20th c., also chisel ground edge. he could have spent a bit more effort on the woodwork i guess, which is not as decorative as the ebay one, but not worth $700 more... there is a site that sells some of the more exotic traditional filipino weapons at a blanket price of around $250. i covet one of their sansibars...

[KuKulzA28]

Originally Posted by kronckew

i don't know, they still make nice blades, this one is in L6 by Jun Silva, late 20th c., also chisel ground edge. he could have spent a bit more effort on the woodwork i guess, which is not as decorative as the ebay one, but not worth $700 more... there is a site that sells some of the more exotic traditional filipino weapons at a blanket price of around $250. i covet one of their sansibars...

Ok, I hear ya, I think what I meant was the ornate carving... blade quality is definitely up there. Some of the stuff that the Filipino pandays are puttin' out these days is really quality steel.

I'm a big fan of Jun Silva... he makes good blades.

[Dimasalang]

Originally Posted by kronckew

i don't know, they still make nice blades, this one is in L6 by Jun Silva, late 20th c., also chisel ground edge. he could have spent a bit more effort on the woodwork i guess, which is not as decorative as the ebay one, but not worth $700 more... there is a site that sells some of the more exotic traditional filipino weapons at a blanket price of around $250. i covet one of their sansibars...

Where can I buy one?

[kronckew]

Originally Posted by Dimasalang

Where can I buy one?

all the ones i have seen for sale have come from visits to jun's family shop in visaya. they pop up on ebay & in other knife/sword fora on occasion. i bought mine via ebay from a man who had bought them from jun's shop. i managed to shark a talibon, 2 small garab knives, a pinute and a ginunting in separate auctions, oddly i was the only bidder for all of them, and so paid next to nothing for them. the rest of the members were asleep that week. it pays to keep your eyes open. ebay.uk sadly will no longer list knives or swords for collectors.