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Old 18th January 2021, 11:36 AM   #1
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Old 18th January 2021, 08:16 PM   #2
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Very nice collection, Roy!
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Old 18th January 2021, 08:33 PM   #3
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Yup, cool stuff. Excellent!
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Old 18th January 2021, 10:21 PM   #5
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Amazing collection! One of the best I've seen so far. May we inquire for more info regarding the 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 6th samples? The 6th sample seems extra interesting as it has provenance note.
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Old 23rd January 2021, 08:51 AM   #6
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Hello Xasterix.
Can't tell you too much about them as I find Barung nomenclature somewhat confusing.
However, #5 is slightly hollow ground but it does not have a pronounced rib so I don't think it could be called shandigan.

The inscription on #6 is hard to read. I can only make out:-
From (somewhere) village
I cannot read the second line at all
Bought by Col Bird ?
April 4 1900

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Old 23rd January 2021, 04:16 PM   #7
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The inscription on #6 is hard to read. I can only make out:-
From (somewhere) village
I cannot read the second line at all
Bought by Col Bird ?
April 4 1900...
I enlarged it, and sharpened it a bit. I still can't make out anything on that second line. The rest would make a good example for a doctor's handwriting, it's so obscure. Maybe someone else can try?
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Old 23rd March 2021, 10:02 PM   #8
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I enlarged it, and sharpened it a bit. I still can't make out anything on that second line. The rest would make a good example for a doctor's handwriting, it's so obscure. Maybe someone else can try?
Wayne, as a physician let me translate this early 20th C "doctor's handwriting."

From Moro Village
the(?) Island of Jolo
Bought by Col Bird(?)
April 4 1900
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Old 24th January 2021, 01:45 AM   #9
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The inscription on #6 is hard to read. I can only make out:-
From (somewhere) village
I cannot read the second line at all
Bought by Col Bird ?
April 4 1900
(somewhere) could be “Moro”

2nd line, 1st word crossed out “Sul”, as in Sulu, 2nd word looks like “Island”
3rd word, the last 4 letters looks like”jolo”
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Old 23rd March 2021, 10:46 AM   #10
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Adding another barung to the thread...partially restored, had to plug holes and cracks on the c-horn. I'll be restoring the blade to full functionality soon. Taking a mugshot before it's fully live again
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Old 23rd March 2021, 10:08 PM   #11
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Adding another barung to the thread...partially restored, had to plug holes and cracks on the c-horn. I'll be restoring the blade to full functionality soon. Taking a mugshot before it's fully live again
Hi Xas. Very nice old barung. The hilt looks Yakan to me--would you agree?
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I agree - Yakan
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