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3rd August 2016, 03:54 AM | #1 |
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Tenegre Hilt
Greetings folks,
I was asked to restore this Tenegre hilt. I was so taken with its beauty that I had to post so that we can have an archive of this older type of hilt. The hilt is black wood (probably kamagong) with most of the silver missing or partially present and broken. Many of the brass and silver nails were missing as well. Here is the piece as I got it: |
3rd August 2016, 03:55 AM | #2 |
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Here how it was supposed to look (after restoration):
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3rd August 2016, 10:11 AM | #3 |
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Beautiful!
Steve |
3rd August 2016, 10:44 AM | #4 |
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Very well done! Congrats for the owner!
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3rd August 2016, 10:53 AM | #5 |
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I wouldn't have known it was restored. That means wow!
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3rd August 2016, 08:32 PM | #6 |
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Tenegre Hilt
Beautiful work, it`s a credit to you, your are very accomplished thanks for sharing. Miguel |
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