Maranao Sundang

[Rick]

Originally Posted by Spunjer

for the life of me, i can't remember who told me this, but yeah, it's possible that the weapons on display might be bandholtz's. reason i said that, i was told that his descendants returned half (!) of his collection to the Philippine Govt not too long ago.
as far as polished and new looking blades, i wouldn't doubt that at all; here are some examples that was brought over by an american officer in 1900, and was literally frozen in time since once it got here, it was stored (pics taken by me):






oh, and wassup fellas?

Bertha soon Ron .
Maybe a run East is in order .

The middle kris you show pretty much throws out the pointy luks being a recent development theory .

Rick

[Battara]

Rick you make a good point, though most of the pointy luk ones I have seen were later. That is why other things must be taken into account in determining age as well which I see on this piece. One attribute alone is not enough of course.

Nonoy I look forward to more pictures.

[Bill M]

Here is a pretty good slightly pointy luk, overcleaned by a previous owner.