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28th July 2011, 05:47 PM
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I like it!
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29th July 2011, 12:28 AM
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Hello Robert,
Congrats, that's a really superb selection of interesting pieces! Seems like your wife is trying to extend your collection southwards into Moro regions...  BTW, maybe you could convince your better half to offer a crash course on selecting ethnographic pieces for those partners of ours who are less experienced with selecting nice gifts. That would be a great community service!  I'd like to see those blades etched! Regards, Kai |
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29th July 2011, 02:18 PM
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Beautiful Sundang!
Congrats to you Robert! mohd |
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29th July 2011, 06:05 PM
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I'm with Kai, please etch the blade!
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29th July 2011, 09:19 PM
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no etch
I say leave the patina on the blade too.
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29th July 2011, 10:03 PM
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29th July 2011, 11:56 PM
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Of course, Robert has to decide what he wishes to do.
From the pics, I don't see a lot of genuine patina (apparently none from original use) that I'd consider worth keeping. As far as I can tell, the blade got cleaned/polished early after being collected and gained some rust/etc. from neglect later on. IMHO nothing to be proud of. I guestimate that there won't be any special laminations that would need to be shown; OTOH I'd love to examine the lamination patterns after an etch to glean more information on the crafting of this blade. Regards, Kai |
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