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morovinta · 12th April 2006, 05:35 PM

Thank you for your query. I hope my barong will not displace in any small measure, your enthusiasm to buy. Having made my turf trading moro weapons, I have, with solemn opportunity, watched, felt and test good weapons before they are sent to auctions and or shipped.

If I were a customer in this transaction, I will poke my question the same way you have. I will not be entirely without sense. What treason to view a fair item and see the price rolled out of place. To dispose someone else' barong is easy. As a trader that will be a natural niche. But to part with one that you made and own, how you wrestle with your soul!

The Peakd Mujahid barong is a tribute piece. As a product artist who felt the most discomfort at shallow design, I made every detail on the piece as refined and crisp as possible; the twist and polish on the pseudo-junggayan puhan; the play of grace on the fine okir on the ferrule; the abraded canal on both sides of the length, which will make the visibly thick blade, light yet deadly.

I have skipped the use of the traditional scabbard. I felt that its shape of scroll and inadequate simplicity would blend and lose notice through uncommon times. The scabbard is a combination of black buffalo horn, mahogany, and kamagong ironwood. There is controlled artistry on the scabbard. At the top; the carved scrolls on the enamel bone; the tail that slithers the black tusk; and the snakehead in the crevice of the bone in a poise to strike. On the mouthpiece of the scabbard, arranged are durable luminescent inlays. They emit soft luminescense and make the mouth visible at night for blade reinsertion. Cut inlays from antique brass buckles and etched mother of pearl are present in the scabbard.

On the belly of the scabbard; soft-carved is the emblem of a solo leaf – a remembrance that barong making today is a lonely, abandoned art. A measure below it is clear detail of a falling twig – which is Peakd’ insignia.

Below the scabbard under the name Peakd, are streaks of golden yellow (natural grain flow on the kamagong wood). They put reiteration and remembrance in this barong. That at the end of the day when the craft is gone, the glory in the tribute to barong makers, and this Mujahid barong should not be lost and displaced.

Thanks

Dan

12th April 2006, 05:35 PM	#2
morovinta Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Cebu, Philippines Posts: 9	Reply Thank you for your query. I hope my barong will not displace in any small measure, your enthusiasm to buy. Having made my turf trading moro weapons, I have, with solemn opportunity, watched, felt and test good weapons before they are sent to auctions and or shipped. If I were a customer in this transaction, I will poke my question the same way you have. I will not be entirely without sense. What treason to view a fair item and see the price rolled out of place. To dispose someone else' barong is easy. As a trader that will be a natural niche. But to part with one that you made and own, how you wrestle with your soul! The Peakd Mujahid barong is a tribute piece. As a product artist who felt the most discomfort at shallow design, I made every detail on the piece as refined and crisp as possible; the twist and polish on the pseudo-junggayan puhan; the play of grace on the fine okir on the ferrule; the abraded canal on both sides of the length, which will make the visibly thick blade, light yet deadly. I have skipped the use of the traditional scabbard. I felt that its shape of scroll and inadequate simplicity would blend and lose notice through uncommon times. The scabbard is a combination of black buffalo horn, mahogany, and kamagong ironwood. There is controlled artistry on the scabbard. At the top; the carved scrolls on the enamel bone; the tail that slithers the black tusk; and the snakehead in the crevice of the bone in a poise to strike. On the mouthpiece of the scabbard, arranged are durable luminescent inlays. They emit soft luminescense and make the mouth visible at night for blade reinsertion. Cut inlays from antique brass buckles and etched mother of pearl are present in the scabbard. On the belly of the scabbard; soft-carved is the emblem of a solo leaf – a remembrance that barong making today is a lonely, abandoned art. A measure below it is clear detail of a falling twig – which is Peakd’ insignia. Below the scabbard under the name Peakd, are streaks of golden yellow (natural grain flow on the kamagong wood). They put reiteration and remembrance in this barong. That at the end of the day when the craft is gone, the glory in the tribute to barong makers, and this Mujahid barong should not be lost and displaced. Thanks Dan