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Greetings folks! I bought this taribon from Royston (thank you so much). I restored it with a new top half of the missing nose (out of silver), and I made a new ear to replace the missing ear. Also I took the nickel plating taken off the blade and etched it. Finally I made a new scabbard (made out of paduk wood - a cousin in the same family with narra, but not endangered) and wrapped it in black rattan.
I also have to give credit to Nacho and Migueldiaz (Maraming Salamat!) for their sharing with me their museum examples and field research. Enjoy! ![]() |
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Here are the before pictures:
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Stunning craftsmanship my friend!
Steve |
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nice one, jose! one day... one day...
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Beautiful taribon and outstanding work Jose. When you get tired of this looking at you all the time just let me know and I will be very happy to give it a new home.
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Nice one Battara.
Are the discs Spanish coins? |
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Thank you folks. Pleased as punch - never thought I would be able to own one.
![]() Kino - the coins I were able to read are US occupation of the PI, both early and WWII, so I used such coins to match in making the missing ear. BTW - I must also thank my friend and talented professional jeweler Tim Holbert: he made the base of the upper part of the nose (I carved out the inside so he could have something to go on, then I soldered the beads onto it.) |
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Awesome! I'll own one of these Taribon swords one of these days.
Just gotta add, most of these Visayan swords with the added metal plates reminds me a lot of Mechagodzilla. HAHA Nice Mechagodzilla sword. hehe ![]() ![]() |
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More secret language.... :-)
Could you please explain what is Taribon? |
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Ariel, Check out this thread it has loads of great information.
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Perfect restoration!! congratulations, I want to have your hands!!!
![]() best regards carlos |
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Hello Jose,
congratulations to your new friend! Like usual great work you have done by this! ![]() Taribons are the most beautiful swords types I know and I hope that one day I can own one byself! Best regards, Detlef |
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Hi Battara
it far from my usual track ![]() but I love and appreciate when edged weapons lovers , restored with great skill and love, weapons that require and do not excuse to let them .. "as they have found" ... ![]() thanks for the enjoyment à + Dom |
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Nice nose job. I doubt if one of Holywood's finest cosmetic surgeons could do as well
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Incredibly well done, Jose! As always your restoration work is quite respectful of the piece.
I love the new scabbard, too. Before reading, I was about to comment on how I thought the scabbard was of recent philippine make, as they make this exact scabbard in Aklan nowadays. I honestly couldn't tell the difference! |
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Battara, nice! And it even has the moro-monggo.
Dear all - by the way and just to nitpick a little, it's called "taribong" with a "g" ![]() |
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Jose, you have done a great job, as usual!
Michael |
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Thank you all folks. It has been almost a year in the making.
Also want to thank you Lorenz for the correction - bad memory (ah.....what was I typing again.........?) ![]() |
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