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27th November 2014, 01:36 PM
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weird Barung
here's something that got my attention. a barung with a weird shaped blade. when i first saw it, i thought someone place the blade upside down, but looking at it closely, it is what it is...
i decided to clean the blade last night, and i was pleasantly surprise to find out that it has a shandigan blade. it's light, and balanced. i also noticed that there are these symmetric dots on the blade, most likely from the billet it was originally made from. haven't tried to see if it's laminated or not. |
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27th November 2014, 03:07 PM
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EAAF Staff
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Location: Louisville, KY
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Looks like a variant of the sipput barong.
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27th November 2014, 04:16 PM
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that initially crossed my mind, jose, but the handle and the blade shape throws me off. as far as the handle, it reminds me of another Sulu barung i have. see here:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...unusual+barung |
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27th November 2014, 05:58 PM
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Almost seems like this one wants to be a 'barong-kung'. Certainly an interesting blade and pommel.
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27th November 2014, 11:51 PM
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the more i look at it, the more it looks like it started off as a regular barung, then instead of having a curved blade, the panday decided to go straight across...
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28th November 2014, 02:11 AM
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The little stones (?) set in the handle are an interesting touch I've never seen before .
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