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Originally Posted by Spunjer
ah, is that ermita?
anywho, a good one for you, bro. pic#3. the kampilan with pungkol handle. i would almost bet that's orig...  |
hi spunjer, pare ko
the very first set of pics is in an antique shop in sm-megamall in manila.
i didn't like this store however. for one the shop attendants are clueless as to what they are selling. second, their lowest priced kris which has 'tourist' written all over it is being sold for a highway robbery price of P10k [$200]!
the rest of the pics would be from various shops in aldevinco (davao city) and from a maranao-owned store in metro manila (at tiendesitas shopping center in c-5, pasig city).
i'll just email you the contact info of the most reputable storeowner i've met, i.e., the maranao guy, who owns a shop both in aldevinco and in tiendesitas.
now as for that kampilan with a truncated hilt, your weapon sighting system is truly surgically-precise as dimasalang [from another forum] said!
because out of those one hundred items i've looked at, that was the one that even in real life has got all the marks of an authentic old piece -- and in fact that's the one i bought a month ago.
i was able to etch the kampilan's blade last night, following the tips gathered from this forum. the blade's lamination has come out, and i'm going to post the pics of that kampilan on a new thread, to further solicit all of your opinions.
ps - i've never been to the ermita antique shops. but i plan to do that this fine saturday morning!
bill, thanks for the heads-up and we'll see whether the shopkeepers would still be singing the same tune
