A working bolo for your comments - Page 2

tom hyle · 23rd April 2005, 09:53 PM

It was one of the ones on page 2.

RobT · 24th April 2005, 04:08 AM

Thanks for your compliments on my blade and please accept my apologies for my tardy reply to your query about the blade's cross section. There is no concavity to either of the blade sides. It is what I suppose the Japanese would call kiri ha in cross section. Two things that I forgot to mention in my previous posting is the blade's spine tapers from 5/16" at the hilt to a strong 1/8" at the point and the sides of the blade tip are slightly beveled. In a nod to you dha guys I'll call the tip profile a hua tat khong.
Sincerely,
RobT

tom hyle · 1st May 2005, 01:48 PM

A couple that are less clear/more in betweenish: Ebay numbers 6524661271 and 6517739782; ended auctions, of course. These could be European, Eurocolonial, or PI, AFAIK. I lean more to the first being PI.

23rd April 2005, 09:53 PM	#31
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	"Bolo with wide blade and t-...." It was one of the ones on page 2.

24th April 2005, 04:08 AM	#32
RobT Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 488	blade cross section Thanks for your compliments on my blade and please accept my apologies for my tardy reply to your query about the blade's cross section. There is no concavity to either of the blade sides. It is what I suppose the Japanese would call kiri ha in cross section. Two things that I forgot to mention in my previous posting is the blade's spine tapers from 5/16" at the hilt to a strong 1/8" at the point and the sides of the blade tip are slightly beveled. In a nod to you dha guys I'll call the tip profile a hua tat khong. Sincerely, RobT

1st May 2005, 01:48 PM	#33
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	Spanish colonial swords? A couple that are less clear/more in betweenish: Ebay numbers 6524661271 and 6517739782; ended auctions, of course. These could be European, Eurocolonial, or PI, AFAIK. I lean more to the first being PI.