My collection of Philippine gunong
 

Being a rabid collector of PI gunong from the south, and daggers from the north, I wanted a picture for myself showing what I have accumulated so far. The variety is broad, which is one reason I love these pieces. I thought some of this group might enjoy as well, so here you are. These are my gunong. It started raining just as I finished taking the picture, so the northern pieces will have to wait for another day.
Thanks for looking,
Steve Ferguson

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...t-12-28-07.jpg

Individual pics here (most have been posted on this forum before): http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v1...Public/Gunong/

An absolutely beautiful collection Steve. I can't wait to see your northern daggers!


Robert

Beautiful collection, Steve!! Congratulations!!! :cool: :cool:

Thanks Robert,
My collection of northern pieces is much smaller. I've posted them all individually before. I'd love to see YOUR collection. :)

Steve

Very nice collection there Steve :eek:

So now that you have cornered the gunong market what will you do next :cool: :rolleyes: :D

I found this early picture of Steve when he use to host the Gunong Show many years back. :eek: :D



Lew

Wow! Thats a fantastic collection Steve! Congratulations!

& thanks for sharing. ;)

Spiral

OK, You show me yours and I'll show you mine! :D :eek: :D

Great collection Steve, congratulations. Rod

Lew,

Is Steve playing the Gunong Gong? :D :eek: :D


Great collection, Steve!

CONGRATULATIONS!!
 

MARVELLOUS COLLECTION!! I HAVE ONLY ONE GUNONG AND HAPPY WITH IT, IF I HAD YOUR COLLECTION, I WAS CRAZY ALL DAYS LOKKING THE GUNONGS!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!
CARLOS

A truly remarkable collection of Philippine gunongs. Congratulations!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.....Gunong Show.....HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA :D

That Lew has a warped sense of humor. :D

Thank you gentlemen for your comments!

Steve

Steve,
That's a great collection. I especially enjoyed the close-up of the Queen Victoria coin guard - a good example of creative use of available materials in an ethnographic piece. As usual your fine photography does credit to the subject matter.
Berk

Hi Steve,
When will you post the pictures of the northern pieces that you have? :confused: I can't wait to see them and after seeing the wonderful pictures of your gunong I know that the rest of your collection will be of great interest not only to me but to everyone on the forum. Hope to see them soon. ;)

Robert

Sorry Robert. Forgot to do that. Will take some pics as soon as I can. Don't have as much from the north, but a few fair pieces.
Steve

Wow! Neat!

Thought it was time for an updated family portrait. :)

Steve

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ait-3-2009.jpg

Hello Steve,
once again, absolute outstanding, very nice collection!
sajen

Superb!!!!!

MAGNIFICO!

Hello Steve,
WOW :eek: absolutely beautiful!! I see that you have almost doubled the size of your collection of gunong. I hope to see you keep on posting updated pictures as you acquire more items to add your ever growing family.

Robert

Beautiful. Even more so. I'd love to see some more shots if you get time.

There are a few more pics here:

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v1...Public/Gunong/

Thanks all!
Steve

It's been two years since the last family portrait. I've been fortunate to find a few more examples in that time. Took the children out today for a new picture. :)

Steve

Isn't it great when the whole family can get together at the same time.:D :D :D

Beautiful collection... You are the Gunong King!

in 3 years ... 15 edged weapons to 37 :eek:
absolutely beautiful collection of gunong,
you may considered you as a lucky man
Congratulations!

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Dom

Great stuff
 

Great stuff Steve!!

A nice grouping and I very much admire the single minded dedication to the facet of collecting that you have started and grown....it surely keeps the pains in check...oh I wish I had such focus!!!

Congrats!!

Gav

That's just dang beautiful Steve... :)

Beautiful Family Photo! Thanks for the update, Ferguson! Very neat to see them all together like that!

That's one very good looking family (and quite prolific, too) ;)

Awesome collection, thanks for sharing! I just saw these pics on filhistory's Facebook page too.

Fantastic collection Steve!
Leave some for everyone else ;)

Yes, it's here. And am the one behind Filhistory at Facebook by the way, for those who still don't know :) Thanks again, Steve! and thanks too, Sta94.

Do the ones with the large ring on the hilt hail from any specific area ?

Like Jose's silver example .. :)

I'll have to leave that question to the experts. While I love and collect them, there is so little that I have found written about them.

Steve

OMG, what a great collection! Do you have a display at your wall or how do you keep them?

Regards,

Detlef

I hang a few of the large ones by cords from my sword racks. The rest are wrapped up in a drawer. I'd love to have them displayed but my "armoury" is just a small room with my computer desk and a chair. I have khukuris, kris, barongs, tenegre and all manner of sharp pointy objects on the walls. I'm afraid that if I venture out of this room with my collection, I might get serious static from She Who Must Be Obeyed. ;)

Steve

Any bigger/individual pics of the one I circled in red, Steve?

It's gorgeous! The carvings are unlike anything I had seen in Moro work. Silverwork looks very Maranao to me though. All in all it's a gorgeous piece.

http://oi56.tinypic.com/f1eckx.jpg