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Old 3rd June 2005, 02:12 AM   #1
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Unhappy Kalinga Axe

Okay, now I know prices have gone insane .
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Old 3rd June 2005, 04:05 AM   #2
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Rick, its not just a head axe, its a "Very powerful armor piercing battle axe".
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Old 3rd June 2005, 07:16 AM   #3
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Ouch...for that kind of money, I would expect an extravagent piece in pristine condition. A textbook piece so to speak. This piece looks like its had some modifications, and not to the better. Getting out of the collecting game is looking more and more enticing with prices going up as they are.
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Old 3rd June 2005, 09:42 PM   #4
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Yikes!!!!
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Old 3rd June 2005, 09:54 PM   #5
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Great! I think now is the time to sell mine.
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Old 3rd June 2005, 09:55 PM   #6
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Yikes!!!!
In a way it's sad .
As others have mentioned it looks like it is not quite original to boot.

More money than real knowledge makes trouble for us all .

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Old 4th June 2005, 02:30 AM   #7
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thought I was going to snipe this one, but didn't even get my bid in http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1 but it does seem like a much more desireable piece
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Old 4th June 2005, 02:57 AM   #8
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There goes the Katipunan market .
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Old 4th June 2005, 04:12 AM   #9
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There goes the Katipunan market .
That is why I am going African! Philippine stuff is getting too rich for my blood

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Old 4th June 2005, 05:41 AM   #10
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Hey guys

What do you think of this one from Igorot tribe.
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Old 4th June 2005, 05:51 AM   #11
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That has a much scarier look than any of the "fantasy" axes, swords and knives.
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Old 4th June 2005, 06:04 AM   #12
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What do you think of this one from Igorot tribe.
Wow, now that would be the type of Kalinga axe that I would expect to draw such a price. Very nice head, knob out of the hilt, very nice brass work (so rare to see so much so well done). Wow. Very nice.
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Old 4th June 2005, 10:44 AM   #13
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Yes, this is Kalinga as Federico has said. I would call this a datu ceremonial piece. I have a kalinga and Bontoc one as well. Congratulations.
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Old 4th June 2005, 12:07 PM   #14
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is that a pipe hole at the handle base?
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Old 4th June 2005, 01:01 PM   #15
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I had an eye on that one too. Went flying past me without even registering a bid. Yikes, yikes, yikes

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Old 4th June 2005, 01:08 PM   #16
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And you were just saying the other day, Rick, about how hard it was to sell Katipunan-era knives and swords!

I suppose it was the engraved insignia on this blade and its unusual shape and length that prompted such a high price.

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Old 4th June 2005, 01:10 PM   #17
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Excellent piece. Congrats on finding it.

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Old 4th June 2005, 01:14 PM   #18
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Hush, now, Lew -- you'll be giving folks ideas

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Old 4th June 2005, 01:50 PM   #19
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Casey, does your axe have a reinforced (compare shandigan) edge? Does the blade get thinner and thinner toward the cutting edge, but then get thicker right at the top of the bevel? Something I've seen before, and can't decide if I see it here or not......
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Old 6th June 2005, 09:11 PM   #20
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Tom, mine has what your describing. On both my Kalinga datu and "regular" axe heads. Only the points and back spikes are reinforced (get the points? Got to be sharp ).
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Cool! Are the back spikes sharp on yours? Those I've seen in person were not sharp, but had a kind of flat squared off end?
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Old 7th June 2005, 01:45 PM   #22
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That is why I am going African! Philippine stuff is getting too rich for my blood

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I think everyone should stay away from the Thai and Burmese stuff too.
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Old 8th June 2005, 01:40 AM   #23
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Actually Tom, no. They should not be because they are not used for killing but for thrusting into the ground to stablize the blade for use along its edge for utility cutting. Mine are squared off as well.
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Old 8th June 2005, 02:06 AM   #24
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I think everyone should stay away from the Thai and Burmese stuff too.
No worries 'bout that !
You guys (the Dhafia) have already run that market out of sight !
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Old 8th June 2005, 11:37 AM   #25
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Nah, those farmer swords that "aren't dhas" are still quite affordable ....I think I can about afford a screwdriver from Mindinao......
Battara, that's what I'd always heard about the spike. When I made one out of a buzz saw blade though, I put a sharp spike (and a peaked tip edge for parrying, and a 10" flat tang. )......it was, as Therion said, even a little scary to handle; significantly moreso than a sharp double edged sword, holding which should make a person feel real alert right there.....
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