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After 6 months of waiting, a Mandaya dagger that I asked Battara to restore is finally with me along with a nobility barong that I bought from him with a scabbard he expertly crafted for it. It was about a year in the making as well as the aforementioned 6 months of waiting before NZ customs released them to me. Here are the pictures.
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Pictures of the Mandaya dagger with my Mandaya sword.
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Group picture of my Mindanao daggers.
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Pictures of the nobility barong with two of my other barongs.
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This Mandaya dagger is the same dagger in this thread http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...hlight=mandaya
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Nice little collection there. I also like the early wavy bladed gunong with great burled hilt (needs a little etch), and I like that barong with the horn/kamagong hilt and bone/ivory inlays (I always love the contrasts).
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BTW - nice Mandaya sword as well - I like the hilt form, which is much better carved than my own.
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Very good pieces! Congratulations!
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Very nice pieces you have collected there!
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You have always turned up excellent restoration work before Battara and I expected nothing less when I entrusted the Mandaya dagger and the scabbard work for the barong. The wait was all worth it. ![]() |
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Yup, despite the difficulties with importing daggers I am still able to cobble up a few nice pieces. Thanks. |
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Beautiful pieces and wonderful restoration work both very much worth the wait. My congratulations.
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Hello Algelan,
Congrats for those many excellent pieces and thanks for posting many pics! Quote:
BTW, what date can be gleaned from the coins? Have you tried to etch the blade? Regards, Kai |
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Thanks Robert.
Kai, the mandaya sword has one US occupation era 10 centavo silver Philippine coin dated 1904 on the reverse side . Another such coin was affixed (with glue?) to the other side but the date cannot be determined as it shows the obverse side (features a robed woman with a hammer hitting an anvil, smoking volcano on her left). I have tried etching the blade with vinegar but the laminations were wispy and scattered. It's great that you liked the pics. ![]() |
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