A very nice keping for our records

Sajen · 25th June 2023, 01:43 PM

Description from the seller:

Interesting Moro Barong with Handguard and Unusual Blade. This sword measures 24 1/2” in total length when measured in its scabbard. Features an unusual handle. It is made up of a wood pommel with well carved crest to the top and back of the pommel. Metal nails outline the rim of the pommel. There is a stable crack to the wood in one spot but no separation. Below this are stacked ferrules with copper and brass. The center ferrule is plain but the other stacked ferrules are decorated. An interesting feature is the handguard. Not typically found on Barong this one has carvings to the blade side and then the quillon curls back. The blade is also an interesting shape. The blade angles up from the guard and then goes straight for a bit before angling down towards the tip. Gives the blade a longer, more narrow profile. Blade edge is very sharp. One side of the blade shows some lamination more readily than the opposite side. The scabbard is also interesting. It is on the heavier side for these and sports carvings at the top and the bottom. There are 3 inserted metal discs with carvings and an inserted coin. It is an interesting coin. On the bottom it states “John Paul Jones” and at the top it states “National Hero” and the date is 1792. Most likely a commemorative coin minted much later than 1792 but an unusual find on a Moro Barong.

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25th June 2023, 01:43 PM	#3
Sajen Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany, Dortmund Posts: 9,164	Description from the seller: Interesting Moro Barong with Handguard and Unusual Blade. This sword measures 24 1/2” in total length when measured in its scabbard. Features an unusual handle. It is made up of a wood pommel with well carved crest to the top and back of the pommel. Metal nails outline the rim of the pommel. There is a stable crack to the wood in one spot but no separation. Below this are stacked ferrules with copper and brass. The center ferrule is plain but the other stacked ferrules are decorated. An interesting feature is the handguard. Not typically found on Barong this one has carvings to the blade side and then the quillon curls back. The blade is also an interesting shape. The blade angles up from the guard and then goes straight for a bit before angling down towards the tip. Gives the blade a longer, more narrow profile. Blade edge is very sharp. One side of the blade shows some lamination more readily than the opposite side. The scabbard is also interesting. It is on the heavier side for these and sports carvings at the top and the bottom. There are 3 inserted metal discs with carvings and an inserted coin. It is an interesting coin. On the bottom it states “John Paul Jones” and at the top it states “National Hero” and the date is 1792. Most likely a commemorative coin minted much later than 1792 but an unusual find on a Moro Barong.