A child's Gunong with a "French Ivory"? Pommel?

Rick · 2nd April 2019, 05:23 PM

Hi Leif,
Looking at your photos of the blade it almost looks like it could be made of silver alloy. Maybe it's just color shift but with that high polish it has it just looks a bit different from the other blades.

Sajen · 2nd April 2019, 06:48 PM

Hello Leif,

I think it belong to the same family as the small ones in down on this picture, it's the collection from Ron, once shown in this thread: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ghlight=gunong
I own also such a gunong but with wooden handle. Also shown in the above thread. I think you are correct about the pommel material.

Regards,
Detlef

Ian · 4th April 2019, 01:47 AM

Hi Leif:

Nice addition to your collection. I think 1930s or a little later would be about right for this one. The pictures that you show do suggest that the hilt could be made of celluloid rather than ivory. Small, readily concealed knives like this one were also carried by women, and are often quite nicely decorated (as yours shows).

Ian.

2nd April 2019, 06:48 PM	#2
Sajen Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany, Dortmund Posts: 9,165	Hello Leif, I think it belong to the same family as the small ones in down on this picture, it's the collection from Ron, once shown in this thread: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ghlight=gunong I own also such a gunong but with wooden handle. Also shown in the above thread. I think you are correct about the pommel material. Regards, Detlef Attached Images

2nd April 2019, 05:23 PM	#1
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,336	Hi Leif, Looking at your photos of the blade it almost looks like it could be made of silver alloy. Maybe it's just color shift but with that high polish it has it just looks a bit different from the other blades.

4th April 2019, 01:47 AM	#3
Ian Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Aussie Bush Posts: 4,361	Hi Leif: Nice addition to your collection. I think 1930s or a little later would be about right for this one. The pictures that you show do suggest that the hilt could be made of celluloid rather than ivory. Small, readily concealed knives like this one were also carried by women, and are often quite nicely decorated (as yours shows). Ian.