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Old 13th September 2013, 04:35 AM   #1
Battara
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Default Ivory and Silver Gunong with New Scabbard

Greetings,

Here is a gunong I got about 9 months ago but only now had the break and time to make a scabbard for it. The hilt is not bone but a type of marine ivory with silver mounts. Measurements of the blade bring it to 5 3/4 inches.

I made the scabbard out of some scrap padauk wood and silver.

One more note: the blade is laminated with what can be called an "angel hair damascus" steel, hard to see without magnification.

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Old 13th September 2013, 05:35 AM   #2
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As always, great work on making the new scabbard. On the gunong itself, I especially like the band that circles the hilt, very different. I think that I have only seen one or two others that had that kind of hilt treatment before. I need to make a scabbard for one of my gunongs, so is there anyway you could tell me where it is you find the wood to do your restorations with? Again, great work.

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Old 14th September 2013, 11:39 PM   #3
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Thanks Robert. I too like the silver wrapping of the ivory. This caught my eye at the show. Normally I would pass up something like this without scabbard, but the wrap and ivory were unique enough for me. I had another ivory hilted gunong that I sold off earlier. I like the elephant ivory, but that was all. This one is different.

I thought about adding more okir to the scabbard mounts, but I was on the fence due to its age.
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