Philippine Punal ?

Ferguson · 26th November 2005, 12:51 AM

Found this sweet little punal on Ebay
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWN%3AIT&rd=1

As you can see, it was in terrible shape. Tip broken, edge had been ground on a grinder. But it looked like it had promise. I don't really like to take older pieces to the belt grinder, but this one required it. Reshaped the tip to what I've seen on other pieces, and cleaned up the edges to get rid of the grinder marks. Turned out ok I think. After etching, it had a really nice pattern. One thing that I couldn't show in the pictures, is that the steel in the center of the blade kind of sparkles when you turn the blade in the light. I haven't seen this before. Kind of crystalline looking. Neat but strange effect.

Blade lenght is 5 1/2"
Overall length is 9 1/8"
Blade thickness at center ridge is .215"

Thanks for looking. Comments welcomed.

Steve Ferguson

26th November 2005, 12:51 AM	#1
Ferguson Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Kernersville, NC, USA Posts: 793	Philippine Punal ? Found this sweet little punal on Ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWN%3AIT&rd=1 As you can see, it was in terrible shape. Tip broken, edge had been ground on a grinder. But it looked like it had promise. I don't really like to take older pieces to the belt grinder, but this one required it. Reshaped the tip to what I've seen on other pieces, and cleaned up the edges to get rid of the grinder marks. Turned out ok I think. After etching, it had a really nice pattern. One thing that I couldn't show in the pictures, is that the steel in the center of the blade kind of sparkles when you turn the blade in the light. I haven't seen this before. Kind of crystalline looking. Neat but strange effect. Blade lenght is 5 1/2" Overall length is 9 1/8" Blade thickness at center ridge is .215" Thanks for looking. Comments welcomed. Steve Ferguson