Latest EBay Find

Robert · 6th October 2007, 06:01 AM

Here is my latest ebay sleeper? Will know when it arrives if it is or not. Looks interesting. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWN:IT&ih=011 Comments welcomed.

Robert

kronckew · 6th October 2007, 09:06 AM

nice, looks a bit like this one of mine which is a couple inches shorter. (12" blade)

(i made the scabbard as it came without one)

you'll need to post better pics when it arrives.....with scabbard so i can see what it looks like

.

Ferguson · 6th October 2007, 02:21 PM

Good score! Looks like a nice bolo. Can't wait to see good pics.

Steve

Battara · 7th October 2007, 09:20 PM

Robert,

Yours is a Visayan piece. It may have a deity head, though hard to tell from the pictures.

Robert · 7th October 2007, 11:47 PM

Kronchew, Steve and Jose,
Thank you all for your responces. I will be posting better pictures as soon as it arrives which I hope will be in the next two days. I am also hoping that it has a deity head on the hilt as Jose mentioned it might. Thanks again.

Robert

Robert · 13th October 2007, 02:38 AM

Well,
The Bolo arrive today with quite a few surprises. It does have a deity head grip and also a turtle shell and leather covered scabbard! There is one bad split it the turtle shell covering and a few worm holes in it and the grip but all in all I am very happy with it. The fittings could be brass but have a very soft glow so I will have them tested to be sure. The blade is in great condition but was covered with a coat of varnish that I have removed. The scabbard was covered in years of just about everything including paint splatters so I have given it a light cleaning followed by Ren wax. It is dark outside now so I will have to wait until tomorrow to post pictures.

Robert

Robert · 13th October 2007, 04:27 AM

Got a couple of pictures to come out worth posting. The grip is fully carved on both sides. Sometimes I love ebay!

More pictures tomorrow.

Robert

Ferguson · 13th October 2007, 11:15 AM

You did VERY well. Excellent piece.

Steve

Flavio · 13th October 2007, 11:57 AM

Hello Robert, very nice! Congrats! It is a binangon, I think..... here is mine for comparison (yours I think is older..)

Robert · 13th October 2007, 06:37 PM

Steve and Flavio,
Thank you for your interest and for the pictures. Here are a few that I took this morning. Hope you all like them. Would anyone like to take a guess as to the age of this sword?

Robert

Emanuel · 13th October 2007, 10:49 PM

Hi Robert,

It does look like a binangon with deity hilt. Here is mine http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...light=binangon will a simple (broken) bulbous hilt.

Yours is a very nice one...and yours as well Flavio!

Emanuel

Robert · 13th October 2007, 11:46 PM

Hi Manolo,
I remember yours from when you first posted it and ask about age. It is still a nice example (like all the others shown here) even with the hilt damaged.

Flavio,
I've got a question on yours. Is the hilt wood or horn? I can't tell from the pictures. Mine is horn.

Thank you all again for your interest and help.

Robert

Flavio · 14th October 2007, 01:15 AM

Hello Emanuel, thank you

Robert, mine is made of wood and I think that this is one of the elements to say that yours is older than mine

Robert · 15th October 2007, 09:32 PM

Just thought I'd add another picture of this sword with a few of its new friends.

6th October 2007, 06:01 AM	#1
Robert EAAF Staff Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Centerville, Kansas Posts: 2,196	Latest EBay Find Here is my latest ebay sleeper? Will know when it arrives if it is or not. Looks interesting. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWN:IT&ih=011 Comments welcomed. Robert

13th October 2007, 04:27 AM	#7
Robert EAAF Staff Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Centerville, Kansas Posts: 2,196	Got a couple of pictures to come out worth posting. The grip is fully carved on both sides. Sometimes I love ebay! More pictures tomorrow. Robert Attached Images

13th October 2007, 11:57 AM	#9
Flavio Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Italia Posts: 1,243	Hello Robert, very nice! Congrats! It is a binangon, I think..... here is mine for comparison (yours I think is older..) Attached Images

13th October 2007, 06:37 PM	#10
Robert EAAF Staff Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Centerville, Kansas Posts: 2,196	Steve and Flavio, Thank you for your interest and for the pictures. Here are a few that I took this morning. Hope you all like them. Would anyone like to take a guess as to the age of this sword? Robert Attached Images Last edited by Robert Coleman; 13th October 2007 at 06:52 PM.

13th October 2007, 10:49 PM	#11
Emanuel Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,242	Hi Robert, It does look like a binangon with deity hilt. Here is mine http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...light=binangon will a simple (broken) bulbous hilt. Yours is a very nice one...and yours as well Flavio! Emanuel Attached Images

6th October 2007, 09:06 AM	#2
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,259	nice, looks a bit like this one of mine which is a couple inches shorter. (12" blade) (i made the scabbard as it came without one) you'll need to post better pics when it arrives.....with scabbard so i can see what it looks like .

6th October 2007, 02:21 PM	#3
Ferguson Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Kernersville, NC, USA Posts: 793	Good score! Looks like a nice bolo. Can't wait to see good pics. Steve

7th October 2007, 09:20 PM	#4
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,342	Robert, Yours is a Visayan piece. It may have a deity head, though hard to tell from the pictures.

7th October 2007, 11:47 PM	#5
Robert EAAF Staff Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Centerville, Kansas Posts: 2,196	Kronchew, Steve and Jose, Thank you all for your responces. I will be posting better pictures as soon as it arrives which I hope will be in the next two days. I am also hoping that it has a deity head on the hilt as Jose mentioned it might. Thanks again. Robert

13th October 2007, 02:38 AM	#6
Robert EAAF Staff Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Centerville, Kansas Posts: 2,196	Well, The Bolo arrive today with quite a few surprises. It does have a deity head grip and also a turtle shell and leather covered scabbard! There is one bad split it the turtle shell covering and a few worm holes in it and the grip but all in all I am very happy with it. The fittings could be brass but have a very soft glow so I will have them tested to be sure. The blade is in great condition but was covered with a coat of varnish that I have removed. The scabbard was covered in years of just about everything including paint splatters so I have given it a light cleaning followed by Ren wax. It is dark outside now so I will have to wait until tomorrow to post pictures. Robert

13th October 2007, 11:15 AM	#8
Ferguson Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Kernersville, NC, USA Posts: 793	You did VERY well. Excellent piece. Steve

13th October 2007, 11:46 PM	#12
Robert EAAF Staff Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Centerville, Kansas Posts: 2,196	Hi Manolo, I remember yours from when you first posted it and ask about age. It is still a nice example (like all the others shown here) even with the hilt damaged. Flavio, I've got a question on yours. Is the hilt wood or horn? I can't tell from the pictures. Mine is horn. Thank you all again for your interest and help. Robert

14th October 2007, 01:15 AM	#13
Flavio Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Italia Posts: 1,243	Hello Emanuel, thank you Robert, mine is made of wood and I think that this is one of the elements to say that yours is older than mine

15th October 2007, 09:32 PM	#14
Robert EAAF Staff Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Centerville, Kansas Posts: 2,196	Just thought I'd add another picture of this sword with a few of its new friends. Attached Images Last edited by Robert Coleman; 16th October 2007 at 02:55 AM.