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Join Date: Apr 2020
Posts: 267
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Hi friends,
Sharing my Palawan'on badung. The OAL is 16" with an 18-inch blade. Made from hardwood 'Ipil' tree. It features on its scabbard 3 tokay geckos. This blade was made by a local known artisan of the Palawan'on tribe in Southern Palawan. Got this piece during my visit to Puerto Princesa, Palawan last year. Will be posting additional pictures of Palawan badung, featuring other animals. Soon.:-) Enjoy. |
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: The Aussie Bush
Posts: 4,165
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Hi Yves:
The highlight for me of these recently made badung is the quality carving of the hilts and scabbards. The blades tend to be of variable quality and often not particularly well forged. At least that's been my experience. Would you agree? Ian. |
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Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Austria
Posts: 1,903
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To me, these look so "very touristy"... ... or better said aimed at foreign collectors of exotic objects. Not very traditional, more like modern carvings... |
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Germany, Dortmund
Posts: 8,726
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You have seen it different some time ago, see here: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...hlight=palawan See the example 2 in post#1. Regards, Detlef |
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