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This is the largest gunong in my collection so far. It measures 14 3/4” in total length. I am not sure about its age though.
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I might place this in the 1920s-1930s. The later it got in time, the bigger they sometimes got.
Here is one of mine that probably belonged to a sultan. It has sheets of chased gold on the scabbard, made of silver and copper as well. Yes the pommel is ivory. The length in scabbard is 20 inches. |
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I forgot to mention that the okir on your gunong looks Maranao tribe to me. The blade is not forged like this but appears to be by stock removal. Nice burl wood scabbard and pommel.
Are the copper looking bands copper or swassa? |
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Hello Battara. I appreciate all of your inputs. The bands appears to be swassa. Regarding the blade I thought it was forged considering the waves are smoother compared to gunongs done via stock removal. Nice gunong you have there. Thank you for sharing.
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h0ll0wman,
I think that, had the curves been traditionally forged, the center ridge would echo the curves of the edges as in Battara's example. Sincerely, RobT Last edited by RobT; 30th August 2022 at 12:50 AM. Reason: add'l info |
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Rob you are on the money! The mid ridge should parallel the waves of the blade in a forged blade.
Some plain stock removal can be rough, but I've seen later kris and gunong have mono-steel stock removal with well polished blades. |
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