Ivory Silver Swassa Barong

Battara · 10th February 2010, 09:34 PM

Another recent thought - on some very high end pieces the emphasis was on the hilt and not the blade, meaning a plain blade. My ivory kampilan has this feature and I have seen ivory and silver kris with plain or nearly plain blades. I believe Cato talks about this as well.

mross · 12th February 2010, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Battara

Another recent thought - on some very high end pieces the emphasis was on the hilt and not the blade, meaning a plain blade. My ivory kampilan has this feature and I have seen ivory and silver kris with plain or nearly plain blades. I believe Cato talks about this as well.

I'll go along with that, I also have a KP that fit's that description.

Battara · 12th February 2010, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by mross

I'll go along with that, I also have a KP that fit's that description.

KP?

mross · 12th February 2010, 09:49 PM

sorry, KP = Kampilan

Battara · 12th February 2010, 11:08 PM

Is your kampilan a status piece as well?

mross · 15th February 2010, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Battara

Is your kampilan a status piece as well?

Yes, whalebone.

Battara · 15th February 2010, 05:37 PM

Yes, that makes sense. Nice. I had a whalebone one too (sold it for my ivory kampilan) and it did not have a laminated blade either.

The other problem with this barong is that it does not have much of a temper line either.

10th February 2010, 09:34 PM	#1
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,280	Another recent thought - on some very high end pieces the emphasis was on the hilt and not the blade, meaning a plain blade. My ivory kampilan has this feature and I have seen ivory and silver kris with plain or nearly plain blades. I believe Cato talks about this as well.

12th February 2010, 09:49 PM	#4
mross Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 478	sorry, KP = Kampilan

12th February 2010, 11:08 PM	#5
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,280	Is your kampilan a status piece as well?

15th February 2010, 05:37 PM	#7
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,280	Yes, that makes sense. Nice. I had a whalebone one too (sold it for my ivory kampilan) and it did not have a laminated blade either. The other problem with this barong is that it does not have much of a temper line either.