BARUNG BATTLE DAMAGED

ausjulius · 17th November 2022, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Rafngard

I agree with this 100%

you cant really reprofile these asian weapons as for the most part unlike arms from europe and the caucasus they are very rarely fully quenched and tempered even if they are made form imported bards of steel,, they are mostly just edge quenched or partially quenched giving only a small hardened zone . reprofiling it you may end up with an edge as soft as iron

Battara · 17th November 2022, 07:47 AM

Another good point (like the one on top of my head

).

ariel · 18th November 2022, 03:46 AM

0.45 was a powerful bugger.

kai · 18th November 2022, 05:26 PM

Hello Ariel,

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0.45 was a powerful bugger.

During the early years of the US involvement, the .45 was not standard issue and would need to have been private purchase.

Damage more likely to be from a rifle. Even more so since this blade got hit when still sheathed...

Regards,
Kai

ariel · 18th November 2022, 06:28 PM

Do we know when was this barung taken as a trophy? Smith-Wesson 0.45 was issued in 1911, but private purchase was sufficiently popular well before that.

No matter what, even if we are talking about the earliest 3-4 years of shooting war, using standard government issue 0.45-70 Gov’t Springfield "Trapdoor" rifle, this damaged barung is interesting not as a weapon per se, but as a part of history.

Don't fix it.

Kmaddock · 18th November 2022, 08:26 PM

To fix this would be a travesty.

It would be like re casting the liberty bell because it has a crack

If only it could talk!

Regards

Ken

17th November 2022, 07:47 AM	#2
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,280	Another good point (like the one on top of my head ).

18th November 2022, 03:46 AM	#3
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	0.45 was a powerful bugger.

18th November 2022, 06:28 PM	#5
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Do we know when was this barung taken as a trophy? Smith-Wesson 0.45 was issued in 1911, but private purchase was sufficiently popular well before that. No matter what, even if we are talking about the earliest 3-4 years of shooting war, using standard government issue 0.45-70 Gov’t Springfield "Trapdoor" rifle, this damaged barung is interesting not as a weapon per se, but as a part of history. Don't fix it.

18th November 2022, 08:26 PM	#6
Kmaddock Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: Ireland Posts: 543	To fix this would be a travesty. It would be like re casting the liberty bell because it has a crack If only it could talk! Regards Ken