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21st August 2022, 02:57 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Singapore
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Nice set. I scored a little barong, also in nearly perfect shape from RSWORD.
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21st August 2022, 04:43 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Greenville, NC
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Lovely piece, Jeff. Interesting to that even though it’s a smaller example of the blade profile of yours is very similar to my large example with what I call a “big belly”.
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21st August 2022, 08:26 PM
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EAAF Staff
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Louisville, KY
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Charles I love the carving on the long one.
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21st August 2022, 11:07 PM
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Vikingsword Staff
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: The Aussie Bush
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Charles,
Your heavy, fat-bellied sword looks quite old to me. That style of hilt is a junggayan form from the 19th C, and fat-bellied barung seemed to be more common then. The forward weighting of the blade and the slightly upturned tip might suggest a Palawano or Zamboanga origin. It's a very interesting sword. I have heard a theory that the barung may have derived originally from a fat-bellied chopper, like this one, possibly of Chinese origin. |
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22nd August 2022, 11:44 PM
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EAAF Staff
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Louisville, KY
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Picture please Ian?
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