Silver Mounted Barong with Swassa

CharlesS · 14th April 2014, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by kino

Are there other Moro blades other than Barungs with Chinese chop marks?

Darn good point Kino...I have never seen those marks on anything other than barong blade.

Battara · 14th April 2014, 11:38 PM

It would not shock me that this was a way to raise the value of the blade, since Chinese smiths may have been of greater value at one time.

It would be like "SOLINGEN" on Scottish broadswords.

14th April 2014, 11:38 PM	#2
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,308	It would not shock me that this was a way to raise the value of the blade, since Chinese smiths may have been of greater value at one time. It would be like "SOLINGEN" on Scottish broadswords.