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Location: zamboanga city, philippines
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Just sharing this quite unusual sword. The owner says it is a lumad sword.
Made of brass with MOP on the handle and scabbard. blade length is about 15" and is very thick (a tad under 1/2"). it is quite heavy too, almost a kilo in weight without the scabbard. Of course, being made of brass the edge is not that sharp. |
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cuprous daggers from PI seem to turn up from time to time. There is a native tradition that copper is poisonous (which I hear has some, though I'm not sure how much, basis in fact), which may have some bearing. Is that a "scale" type handle?
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Tom:
I think Ive also heard that copper is poisonous but copper ore often times contains quite a bit of arsenic. |
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Yeah, I think the speculation I've heard has run in that direction, too. That's how they know the "Ice Man" was a copper-worker; he also contained some arsenic
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What is also not healthy is the oxide that develops when copper is exposed, that green-blue stuff. Thus the tinning of copper pots and cups.
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You are quite right Battara....
Metallic copper is not toxic, but the oxides or salts of copper are (just like lead). I would not suck on a real old penny. ![]() Well you see Officer, my wife was sharpening my sword when... ![]() |
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