Junggayan Barung

tanaruz · 8th January 2022, 03:42 AM

Hello,

Happy New Year to all!

My first acquired blade for 2022- a Junggayan Sulu (tausug)barung:

1) possible age/era?

The scabbard is newly made (by the former owner)- but I'm thinking of having a new one made that would be more 'fitting' and 'moro-like).

kind regards,

Yves

Ian · 8th January 2022, 02:41 PM

Hi Yves,

It's hard to see the pommel and hilt. Can you show a larger image of the hilt please, without so much shadow? From what is the "ferrule" made?

Ian.

tanaruz · 16th January 2022, 10:16 AM

Hello,

Hilt pics.

Regards

Yves

Ian · 17th January 2022, 02:10 PM

Hello Yves.

Thanks for the additional pictures of the hilt which, as you indicated, is a 19th C junggayan form. The usual metal punto seems to have been replaced by a cloth wrap coated with a clear polyurethane or perhaps a two-part isocyanate polymer (such as Araldite(R)) to give it strength and hardness. It appears that the Kakatua pommel was once broken and has been repaired skillfully.

8th January 2022, 03:42 AM	#1
tanaruz Member Join Date: Apr 2020 Posts: 267	Junggayan Barung Hello, Happy New Year to all! My first acquired blade for 2022- a Junggayan Sulu (tausug)barung: 1) possible age/era? The scabbard is newly made (by the former owner)- but I'm thinking of having a new one made that would be more 'fitting' and 'moro-like). kind regards, Yves Attached Images

16th January 2022, 10:16 AM	#3
tanaruz Member Join Date: Apr 2020 Posts: 267	junggayan barung Hello, Hilt pics. Regards Yves Attached Images

8th January 2022, 02:41 PM	#2
Ian Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Aussie Bush Posts: 4,198	Hi Yves, It's hard to see the pommel and hilt. Can you show a larger image of the hilt please, without so much shadow? From what is the "ferrule" made? Ian.

17th January 2022, 02:10 PM	#4
Ian Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Aussie Bush Posts: 4,198	Hello Yves. Thanks for the additional pictures of the hilt which, as you indicated, is a 19th C junggayan form. The usual metal punto seems to have been replaced by a cloth wrap coated with a clear polyurethane or perhaps a two-part isocyanate polymer (such as Araldite(R)) to give it strength and hardness. It appears that the Kakatua pommel was once broken and has been repaired skillfully.