Moro Kampilan. Opinion needed

tom hyle · 25th March 2005, 07:48 AM

May I suggest that it's the perfect-seeming flatness of the metal that looks odd; I think that's it; there is something.....it looks industrially-made; real flat, no hammer marks, which wouldn't make sense; I think it was just a real precise metal bending job; maybe the corners were made with a "brake", as in N American sheetmetal work; a type of bending vice/jig, instead of hammering. I don't know if PI traditionally uses such a tool though (I'm sure they do now).

Battara · 25th March 2005, 05:44 PM

I have been lurking in the dark on this one, pondering what it was that was bothering me. I think that Tom and Federico have identified my feeling. Although it could be silver, it is more pure than I usually encounter, and the depressions due to hammer marks are not present. I also must add that usually I encounter more lines and border work at the edges than I see here. I believe this to be a more modern attempt at older work. Not much research went into this restoration. Often the "eyes" would have had some silver on them and thus "re-animating" the spirit of the piece.

Bill · 25th March 2005, 06:03 PM

The white metal shows scratchs but no bumps or dents, so it was never on the sword durning use. The band around the hair plugs doesn't seem to go completely around, at least in the pics, where it is up for auction.

25th March 2005, 07:48 AM	#1
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	May I suggest that it's the perfect-seeming flatness of the metal that looks odd; I think that's it; there is something.....it looks industrially-made; real flat, no hammer marks, which wouldn't make sense; I think it was just a real precise metal bending job; maybe the corners were made with a "brake", as in N American sheetmetal work; a type of bending vice/jig, instead of hammering. I don't know if PI traditionally uses such a tool though (I'm sure they do now).

25th March 2005, 05:44 PM	#2
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,325	I have been lurking in the dark on this one, pondering what it was that was bothering me. I think that Tom and Federico have identified my feeling. Although it could be silver, it is more pure than I usually encounter, and the depressions due to hammer marks are not present. I also must add that usually I encounter more lines and border work at the edges than I see here. I believe this to be a more modern attempt at older work. Not much research went into this restoration. Often the "eyes" would have had some silver on them and thus "re-animating" the spirit of the piece.

25th March 2005, 06:03 PM	#3
Bill Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Chicago area Posts: 327	The white metal shows scratchs but no bumps or dents, so it was never on the sword durning use. The band around the hair plugs doesn't seem to go completely around, at least in the pics, where it is up for auction.