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I bought this "PHILIPPINE JUNGLE MACHETE WW11" on Ebay for a pittance. It's 24" long, and tapers from .388" (3/8", or 9.86mm) at the hilt. The hilt is nicely carved kamagong? Where the hilt is normally wrapped with rattan, it has an old leather covering held on with a brass strap. The blade is beveled on the right side and flat on the other. The beveled side shows nice laminations. The flat side of the blade etches almost completely dark. I was completely stunned to find the laminated blade.
Below are some poor pictures taken inside tonight. Thanks for looking. Comments welcome! Steve |
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Auction pictures.
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YEP! A VERY NICE GARAB/ TALIBON IT IS UNUSUAL TO SEE THE ETCHED BLADE SHOWING THE FORGEING ON THESE. BUT I WOULD NOT BE SURPRIZED IF QUITE A FEW HAVE THE WATERED STEEL BLADES THAT ARE NOT SHOWING. A GOOD SIZED ONE WITH VERY NICE CARVING AND PATINA ON THE HANDLE. CONGRADULATIONS.
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Yes, that is a very nice garab you have there Steve and now I know who it was that outbid me on it.
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Wow Steve, that's a very fine catch!
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Congratulations Steve! That's the second one in short time with laminated blade! Nice that the beautiful carved handle isn't broken.
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Great example Steve, and one of the finest blades on one I have seen. Congrats!
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Steve I agree with what everyone said. congratulations on a great piece!
On the one hand it would have been great to have the scabbard. On the other hand I have seen on very rare occasion garab/talibon that have metal (brass or silver) on the hilts. The carving is superb and it has brass on the hilt, a truly rare variant (never mind the laminated blade). |
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Thank all of you gentlemen for your comments. I feel extremely lucky to have picked up this piece. Looking at the recent pictures of your wonderful Garab, made me more attuned to the Visayan pieces. I now have Tenegre, Binangon, bolo from Iloilo, and now the Garab. Maybe a Visayan family portrait soon!
Battara, I have a feeling that the brass strip and leather covering was a repair by someone to replace the missing rattan covering. But it doesn't look recent. Thanks again, Steve |
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What a handsome sword. Good job on the clean up. Congrats on a good catch.
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Hello Steve,
Could you also show the reverse side of the blade, please? Quote:
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Not all will show such a bold contrast though (e. g. I have a laminated blade that is a pig to etch resulting in only faint laminations on the beveled side; need to try again). Regards, Kai |
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Hello Jose,
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I suppose looking back it is possible that there may have been some brass to cover repair work....... |
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Kai,
The second picture is the reverse of the blade. It shows all high carbon steel to within about 1/2" of the spine. The spine shows laminations. I agree about the leather repair. It does not look like an indigenous repair. I thought about a simple rattan wrap, but decided to leave it in the state that I found it. Thanks, Steve |
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