I am now the proud owner of this wonderful puppy!
The previous owner was kind enough to let me have it for what I could afford (maraming salamat!).
My question: I may try to restore it with whalebone (I may have access to again from previous owner). The whalebone guard it broken in half and there is evidence of holes for a metal guard. The 2 other whalebone kampilans previously shown on this forum have brass ones. I thought of this but with all of the silver work on this (I tested it all - it is
all solid silver ) I wonder if the original metal guard was also silver. What do you think?
PS - the eyes on the naga on the mouth of the bone hilt are swaasa! (I tested them too). The scabbard that Bob tested is less than sterling but more than coin silver - really nice!