18th August 2007, 09:50 PM | #1 |
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I love these little daggers from the Philippines. There is an almost endless variety. This one has a 6 1/2" blade and is 10 5/8" overall. Subtly pattern welded blade, Nickel silver scabbard, and banati hilt with 2 silver bands.
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18th August 2007, 10:03 PM | #2 |
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Hello Steve, very nice, congratulations! If I'm nor wrong you now have some of these. Could you post a picture of them all together? Thanks
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19th August 2007, 12:01 AM | #4 |
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steve has much nicer ones than mine
and a slightly bigger one at top these are also referred to as gunong |
19th August 2007, 01:04 AM | #5 |
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I've always liked that first one Wayne. I've tried for one of those several times, but haven't been lucky yet. Gotta love that short wide blade.
Where is that last one from? Is it an Indonesian badik? Thanks for sharing. Anyone else fancy the punal/gunong? Love to see pics of other folks pieces. Steve |
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the photo of the short gunong was taken shortly after arrival, the corrosion has been brass brushed off & blade oiled, the scabbard is split wood with the silver fittings, the blade corrosion corresponded to the visible band of scabbard wood & the slight gaps in the sides, ie. the wood is not glued or sealed & a piece of paper will slide into the gap...one of my favourite knives. i use the photo as an avatar on another forum. only we could think of a 6.5 inch bladed knife as 'short' Last edited by kronckew; 19th August 2007 at 06:31 AM. |
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19th August 2007, 10:00 AM | #7 |
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Thank you Steve, veryvery nice!!!!
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19th August 2007, 05:02 PM | #8 |
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very nice punal, Steve. Expect another one next week.
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20th August 2007, 08:18 PM | #10 |
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Nice little collection of gunong!
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26th August 2007, 11:37 PM | #11 |
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Found another little one on Ebay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWN:IT&ih=002 It has a nice wooden scabbard, with one metal ring missing. The blade is pattern welded, although fairly low contrast, and is very sharp on both sides. Here are 3 pics. Steve |
27th August 2007, 12:07 AM | #12 |
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Wow, nice bargin Steve! Especially given all the talk on these forums about the jacked up prices these days. You have a good eye and this beauty certainly cleaned up nice, didn't it.
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27th August 2007, 01:35 AM | #13 |
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That is a super nice punal! I have seen that wootz like pattern in a bolo that Ibeam had posted on an older thread. Lew |
27th August 2007, 10:00 AM | #14 |
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Very nice, Steve Congratulations !!!
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29th August 2007, 07:08 PM | #15 |
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Well Steve, you just showed me that these with this kind of engraving are not just tourist pieces because of the damascus steel.
also - on the scabbard I see evidence of acutally 2 bands missing - a small one in the middle and a larger one at the bottom. Wonderful blade! |
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Two bands eh? I think I have just enough silver for that. Thanks! Steve |
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31st August 2007, 03:05 PM | #17 |
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Some of mine.
The one with the see-through celluloid scabbard and the all ivory one are only about 7" long. I really like the one with the Naga scales. Has laquer on it from a previous owner. Need to clean it off. |
31st August 2007, 04:40 PM | #18 |
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Wow! Very nice pieces, and great picturs Bill! Thanks for sharing them with us.
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