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4th February 2013, 01:55 PM

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Kampilan Bolo - Bogobo or T'boli or a mixture?

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Posted By prh345

Etching

Hi Kai,

I'll follow your suggestion about re-polish and etch again and and see if anything shows up on the back edge.

This sandwich construction you mention is similar to the Japanese Katana...

Forum: Ethnographic Weapons

3rd February 2013, 02:23 PM

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Kampilan Bolo - Bogobo or T'boli or a mixture?

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Posted By prh345

After etching

Hi,
Well, I etched with lemon juice and it did reveal figuring structures which I guess is indicative of lamination?

It is particularly evident along the cutting edge. This seems to match up...

Forum: Ethnographic Weapons

1st February 2013, 02:57 PM

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Kampilan Bolo - Bogobo or T'boli or a mixture?

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Posted By prh345

Etching

Thanks,

I will try the vinegar etch and see what comes out. I'll post a photo of the results.

Regards,
Peter

Forum: Ethnographic Weapons

31st January 2013, 02:40 PM

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Kampilan Bolo - Bogobo or T'boli or a mixture?

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Posted By prh345

Thanks to all!

I am amazed at the promptness and knowledge exhibited in the responses to my thread.

Vandoo;
-Regarding the beads, when I saw them in the Manilla antique shop in 1978 I too thought that they had...

Forum: Ethnographic Weapons

30th January 2013, 06:11 AM

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Kampilan Bolo - Bogobo or T'boli or a mixture?

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Posted By prh345

Kampilan Bolo - Bogobo or T'boli or a mixture?

I purchased this in Manilla in 1978 and it was identified by the curator of the museum in Manilla as a Bogobo Bolo from Mindanao. I was told that it had been confiscated from a native chief by the...

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