Repairing the hilt on a visayan sword

[LabanTayo]

Originally Posted by Rick

As I write this there are twice as many people lurking here than there are members currently online .

message to the lurkers:
all the swords with the funny looking faces and big teeth and noses are actually a similation of an old drunk clown called Kakatawa. the ones with the big eyes are called Serang Ulo. they were made for the tourist trade. they sat low on a shelf so the kids would see them and tell their mommy to by them. really good marketing by the sari-sari (neighborhood convenient store) store owners made these swords very popular. you can find tons of them in junk stores or clown memorabilia stores in the philippines.
they have no real collector or martial value.
thats the true history of the tenegre (talibong) and binangon (ginungting).

[Federico]

Originally Posted by LabanTayo

message to the lurkers:
all the swords with the funny looking faces and big teeth and noses are actually a similation of an old drunk clown called Kakatawa. the ones with the big eyes are called Serang Ulo. they were made for the tourist trade. they sat low on a shelf so the kids would see them and tell their mommy to by them. really good marketing by the sari-sari (neighborhood convenient store) store owners made these swords very popular. you can find tons of them in junk stores or clown memorabilia stores in the philippines.
they have no real collector or martial value.
thats the true history of the tenegre (talibong) and binangon (ginungting).

So I take it that you like I, only collect worthless tourist junk, and so everyone on Ebay who sees my handle bidding on an item can rest assured that it is of absolutely no value, and should rather save their money for lovely precious dha

[Rick]

Originally Posted by Federico

So I take it that you like I, only collect worthless tourist junk, and so everyone on Ebay who sees my handle bidding on an item can rest assured that it is of absolutely no value, and should rather save their money for lovely precious dha

DHA , the other Nihonto ........

[LabanTayo]

= (what the hilt looks like) Kakatawa

= (what the hilt looks like) Serang Ulo

= when visayan stuff is through the roof

= when we find a sleeper

= when we win that sleeper for what they're really worth


i'm going to start collecting dha's and yatahgan's. they're cheaper than moro and visayan stuff....

[Andrew]

Originally Posted by Rick

DHA , the other Nihonto ........

Part of me is saddened by this. Another part (the opportunistic part) is a bit gleeful as i busy myself with otherwise tedious cataloging of my collection.

[Ian]

all those lost, lost years of worthless collecting?