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25th September 2010, 12:08 AM | #1 |
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Okay Then
If we are going to follow the thought train that this is an early Budiak; I think I might be able to show a transitional design with elements of both old and new .
Left hand spear in post 2, fifth picture down . http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=12569 |
20th October 2010, 01:03 PM | #2 |
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Budiak variations - is it time or geography or both.
Thanks Rick, I think that is about all one could hope for in terms of a missing link ... now is it time or geography or both.
I had missed that detail in the wealth of that museum photo tour, but worse I had totally missed Bill M's fabulous examples resurrected in Freebooter's thread - just look at the combination of features in the first pictured spear as well as the intact silver ferrule. Gorgeous! Anyway, my protobudiak is about to head out the door for restoration and preparatory to this I have dissolved away the failed epoxy repair and revealed the end of the tang and fractured remain of the pole. And just a trace of fall foliage reflected in the silver. |
20th October 2010, 09:45 PM | #3 |
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Glad you were able to get that thing off. Now it can be worked on easier.
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1st November 2010, 03:43 AM | #4 |
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Hi everyone,
Here is a Moro or Bagobo spear with similar lozenge flaring at the base. The blade is pattern-welded but not twist-core. I find the braided wire work quite interesting. Emanuel |
1st November 2010, 03:08 PM | #5 |
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The head seems almost identical to the left one shown in post #2 .
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2nd November 2010, 12:41 AM | #6 |
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Yup, that's why I posted it . If I followed the discussion correctly, is there budding consensus that this is an early form of budiak?
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2nd November 2010, 02:21 AM | #7 |
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I've got my doubts about that .
I expect we need a workable, generally acceptable descriptive definition of 'Budiak'; is it just a generic term for 'Southern Philippine Muslim Spear' ? Anyone ? |
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