Kalinga Axe
 

Okay, now I know prices have gone insane . :eek:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...325875607&rd=1

Rick, its not just a head axe, its a "Very powerful armor piercing battle axe".

Ouch...for that kind of money, I would expect an extravagent piece in pristine condition. A textbook piece so to speak. This piece looks like its had some modifications, and not to the better. Getting out of the collecting game is looking more and more enticing with prices going up as they are.

Yikes!!!! :eek:

Great! I think now is the time to sell mine.

In a way it's sad .
As others have mentioned it looks like it is not quite original to boot.

More money than real knowledge makes trouble for us all .

/end rant

thought I was going to snipe this one, but didn't even get my bid in http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1 but it does seem like a much more desireable piece

There goes the Katipunan market . :rolleyes:

That is why I am going African! Philippine stuff is getting too rich for my blood :(

Lew

Hey guys

What do you think of this one from Igorot tribe.

That has a much scarier look than any of the "fantasy" axes, swords and knives. :eek:

Wow, now that would be the type of Kalinga axe that I would expect to draw such a price. Very nice head, knob out of the hilt, very nice brass work (so rare to see so much so well done). Wow. Very nice.

Yes, this is Kalinga as Federico has said. I would call this a datu ceremonial piece. I have a kalinga and Bontoc one as well. Congratulations. :cool:

is that a pipe hole at the handle base?

I had an eye on that one too. Went flying past me without even registering a bid. Yikes, yikes, yikes :eek:

Ian.

And you were just saying the other day, Rick, about how hard it was to sell Katipunan-era knives and swords! ;)

I suppose it was the engraved insignia on this blade and its unusual shape and length that prompted such a high price.

Excellent piece. Congrats on finding it.

Hush, now, Lew -- you'll be giving folks ideas :rolleyes:

Casey, does your axe have a reinforced (compare shandigan) edge? Does the blade get thinner and thinner toward the cutting edge, but then get thicker right at the top of the bevel? Something I've seen before, and can't decide if I see it here or not......

Tom, mine has what your describing. On both my Kalinga datu and "regular" axe heads. Only the points and back spikes are reinforced (get the points? :p Got to be sharp :D ).

Cool! Are the back spikes sharp on yours? Those I've seen in person were not sharp, but had a kind of flat squared off end?

I think everyone should stay away from the Thai and Burmese stuff too. :cool:

Actually Tom, no. They should not be because they are not used for killing but for thrusting into the ground to stablize the blade for use along its edge for utility cutting. Mine are squared off as well.

No worries 'bout that !
You guys (the Dhafia) have already run that market out of sight ! :D

Nah, those farmer swords that "aren't dhas" are still quite affordable :cool: ....I think I can about afford a screwdriver from Mindinao...... :eek:
Battara, that's what I'd always heard about the spike. When I made one out of a buzz saw blade though, I put a sharp spike (and a peaked tip edge for parrying, and a 10" flat tang. :D )......it was, as Therion said, even a little scary to handle; significantly moreso than a sharp double edged sword, holding which should make a person feel real alert right there.....