"Archaic" Twisted Core on eBay

[DaveS]

I just have a passion for twist-cores that borders on the uncontrolable.
Even with the chipped pommel and the hole in the blade i think the price
was reasonable. In my area of the country (Calif) there has been more
interest in Moro pieces than i can remember in the last couple of years.
When i look at some of the prices being asked for shamshirs and
tulwars, especially wootz pieces, i think Moro swords of all kinds are a
real bargain..........Dave

[DaveS]

As Pepper-skull just mentioned, part of the problem is that twist-cores
are just getting really hard to find. They are just not like the average Moro
swords that we as collectors see all the time. For me, the holy grail would
be to find a twist-core barong. I have seen twist-core camps and twist-
core panabas, i even managed to get a twist-core bolo several years
back. Maybe some day i'll get lucky and end up with a t-c barong that
i will find in some out of the way antique store for fifty dollars. Yaaa right!!!
Dave.

[mross]

Originally Posted by DaveS

I just have a passion for twist-cores that borders on the uncontrolable.
Even with the chipped pommel and the hole in the blade i think the price
was reasonable. In my area of the country (Calif) there has been more
interest in Moro pieces than i can remember in the last couple of years.
When i look at some of the prices being asked for shamshirs and
tulwars, especially wootz pieces, i think Moro swords of all kinds are a
real bargain..........Dave

Dave, I think you and I suffer from the same affliction; it also seems we are on the same page. Scary.

[DaveS]

MROSS- Yes it could be considered a terrible affliction. Especially as far as
a persons wallet is concerned. I guess as far as you and i are concerned,
we just might be lucky that twist-cores rarely show up on ebay anymore
or anywhere else for that matter.........Dave