Ethnographic Arms & Armour - gunung arrived this morning!

Originally posted a couple of minutes ago on the HI Cantina, bladeforums: thought it might be appreciated here as well, especially as steve appears to be a member here too.
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Hi y'all

steve ferguson caught me sharking this on e-pray & asked me to post pics when it arrived. well, it arrived:

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/gladius/gun1.jpg

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/gladius/gun2.jpg

10.5 in. LOA, nicely sharp blade 6.5 in. x 2.25 in. at guard, approx. 3/16 thick at central spine, scalloped and engraved guard is 3/16 (german?) silver, first section of grip is also silver (?) for 2 in. the swelled section is ellipsoidal being about 1" thick sideways by 1 3/8 vertically. the grip wood is nicely grained, has some small apparent cracks that in the words of this forum 'aren't going anywhere'.

the scabbard, is a dark wood in two halves, held together with decorative nickle silver ends, and a corresponding end plate at the tip end held on with two peened silver nails. a sturdy decorative belt loop is pinned to the upper silver end by two peened silver nails, the center decoration on th loop is actually fluted into the metal, stiffening it considerably. the wood scabbard, where it is showing in the middle has it's side seams open (you can see light thru from one side to the other when blade is out. this is where the discoloration on the blade is in the bottom picture, i will clean that off in a bit, looks worse in the pics as i've wiped everything down with ballistol & it seems to have collected on the rusty stain, highlighting it. there is some evidence of pitting in the silver metal & some black oxidation in a couple of locations, does nickle silver oxidize black?

the blade is NOT symmetrically mounted, being pitched down by a couple of degrees, so can only fit the scabbard one way.

anyway, all in all appears to be a nice punal/gunung