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2nd January 2017, 11:25 PM
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What a great piece and great work!
Usually the mounts on these are white metal (nickel and copper) and not silver. Did you test the metal? Great laminations on the blade. |
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3rd January 2017, 10:10 AM
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Silver is a statement from the seller, he is a good friend of mine now. He tested it and it is a silver alloy with an unknown part of silver, probably not very much. |
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3rd January 2017, 09:00 PM
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This is great news. This might also mean that several Batak pieces with "white metal" might actually have real silver in them...........
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4th January 2017, 04:51 AM
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HERE IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE WITH SOLID BRASS HANDLE AND A WOOD SCABBARD MOSTLY COVERED IN BRASS. SUMATRA, BATAK PEOPLE 24.5 INCHES LONG TOTAL. I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED ONE OF THESE WITH THIS FORM OF HANDLE TRADITIONALLY IN IVORY BUT BRASS WILL BE LEGAL AND SAFER AS ALL THE BRASS MONKEYS ARE ALREADY EXTINCT.
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4th January 2017, 08:08 AM
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Very nice items indeed but I am really posting just to say
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4th January 2017, 10:34 AM
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Hi Roland,
it's a great piece, since I've handled it already I can assure that it has museum quality! Thank you for sharing it here again.Regards, Detlef |
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4th January 2017, 12:12 PM
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my pleasure. I'm still slightly confused about the massive hilt, it's simply too big even for large hands as mine. But the very sharp blade got some nicks so it was definitely used. I wonder how to hold this blade in action, is there a special technique? Roland |
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4th January 2017, 12:07 PM
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Lol but you forgot the Green Parties all over the world. If they hear " extinct Brass Monkey", they will gasping and try to forbid all antique brass to safe the Brass Monkeys backwards or so, with a maximum of hope and a minimum of understanding. |
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