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Federico · 21st March 2005, 05:14 AM

Interesting gangya with no fretwork. It would appear to have come that way after manufacture, and not to have been filed off after creation (which has been a story I was told to explain other fretless kris). Ive now seen too many of these pop up to think that this was not done without a purpose, though what that purpose may be? Hmm...any ideas? One thing I will note on these fretless gangya'd kris is that the vast majority of the ones Ive seen have been post 1900 Mindanao pieces (well not like its been a whole lot, but out of half a dozen or so). Hmm...mysteries mysteries mysteries.

21st March 2005, 05:14 AM	#3
Federico Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Minneapolis, MN, USA Posts: 312	Interesting gangya with no fretwork. It would appear to have come that way after manufacture, and not to have been filed off after creation (which has been a story I was told to explain other fretless kris). Ive now seen too many of these pop up to think that this was not done without a purpose, though what that purpose may be? Hmm...any ideas? One thing I will note on these fretless gangya'd kris is that the vast majority of the ones Ive seen have been post 1900 Mindanao pieces (well not like its been a whole lot, but out of half a dozen or so). Hmm...mysteries mysteries mysteries.