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3rd January 2021, 06:05 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 1,250
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An Honest Pair of Barongs to Share
I just got lucky and picked up these pair of barongs. Good honest pre-WW2 examples. It is getting quite hard to pick up any Philippine weapons reasonably lately unless one gets fortunate or a fluke.
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3rd January 2021, 10:30 PM
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Keris forum moderator
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Nova Scotia
Posts: 7,199
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A nice pair. Shame they have no sheaths, but unlike some other SEA edged weapons you can probably make a reasonably acceptable and accurate sheath for a Barung without fairly basic woodworking skills and materials.
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3rd January 2021, 11:41 PM
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EAAF Staff
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Louisville, KY
Posts: 7,257
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Both are junggayan.
One seems to be made of old narra wood with a horn top. The other is also narra wood but the junggayan tail appears to be broken off. Both are nice, and you are right - getting that one with the horn pommel intact is getting harder and harder. Congratulations! |
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4th January 2021, 01:02 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 1,250
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Thanks all for your kind & informative comments.
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