Philippine Punal ?

Ferguson · 26th November 2005, 02:46 PM

Thanks Nechesh,
I hate to reprofile the blade on an antique, but I felt it was warranted in this case. Don't think I did more than a native smith would have done. Yes the brass is too bright. Someone had buffed part of it, so I just evened it out. I'll handle it every night until it tarnishes again.

Thanks,

Steve

tom hyle · 26th November 2005, 04:58 PM

Looks very nice; certainly better than it was; seemingly a "real" piece with use scars; nice to see it returned to proper status.
I don't see a temper line. Moros sometimes temper along (mostly on se swords) or across (as on kris sundang) if you follow. but I don't see what's up here. theoretically within the line the core steel would all be similarly hard, but another perspective (particularly with old hand made swords that have a thick spine; gunongs are often thin; which would alleviate much of this concern) is that the very core may not acheive proper heat exchange to fully harden (IMHO purposefully sometimes), and so on such blades, a native SE Asian will often regrind a broken point so that it goes to one edge, rather than central. I don't know if I'm clear enougjh, but I'm out of time, and this blade may be thin enough to obviate the concern...............just rambling.
Nice dagger. Nice job. Thanks for helping a blade.

Battara · 26th November 2005, 08:40 PM

Love what you've done with the piece. Isn't it nice when you find buried treasure in a piece?

The crystalization is not surprising - I have the same thing in a Budiak spear and I think it was accidental. Happens at times, even have a little bit in my kampilan.

26th November 2005, 02:46 PM	#1
Ferguson Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Kernersville, NC, USA Posts: 793	Thanks Nechesh, I hate to reprofile the blade on an antique, but I felt it was warranted in this case. Don't think I did more than a native smith would have done. Yes the brass is too bright. Someone had buffed part of it, so I just evened it out. I'll handle it every night until it tarnishes again. Thanks, Steve

26th November 2005, 04:58 PM	#2
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	Looks very nice; certainly better than it was; seemingly a "real" piece with use scars; nice to see it returned to proper status. I don't see a temper line. Moros sometimes temper along (mostly on se swords) or across (as on kris sundang) if you follow. but I don't see what's up here. theoretically within the line the core steel would all be similarly hard, but another perspective (particularly with old hand made swords that have a thick spine; gunongs are often thin; which would alleviate much of this concern) is that the very core may not acheive proper heat exchange to fully harden (IMHO purposefully sometimes), and so on such blades, a native SE Asian will often regrind a broken point so that it goes to one edge, rather than central. I don't know if I'm clear enougjh, but I'm out of time, and this blade may be thin enough to obviate the concern...............just rambling. Nice dagger. Nice job. Thanks for helping a blade.

26th November 2005, 08:40 PM	#3
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,272	Love what you've done with the piece. Isn't it nice when you find buried treasure in a piece? The crystalization is not surprising - I have the same thing in a Budiak spear and I think it was accidental. Happens at times, even have a little bit in my kampilan.