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Here is my latest ebay sleeper? Will know when it arrives if it is or not. Looks interesting. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWN:IT&ih=011 Comments welcomed.
Robert |
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nice, looks a bit like this one of mine which is a couple inches shorter. (12" blade)
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Good score! Looks like a nice bolo. Can't wait to see good pics.
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Robert,
Yours is a Visayan piece. It may have a deity head, though hard to tell from the pictures. |
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Kronchew, Steve and Jose,
Thank you all for your responces. I will be posting better pictures as soon as it arrives which I hope will be in the next two days. I am also hoping that it has a deity head on the hilt as Jose mentioned it might. Thanks again. Robert |
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Well,
The Bolo arrive today with quite a few surprises. It does have a deity head grip and also a turtle shell and leather covered scabbard! There is one bad split it the turtle shell covering and a few worm holes in it and the grip but all in all I am very happy with it. The fittings could be brass but have a very soft glow so I will have them tested to be sure. The blade is in great condition but was covered with a coat of varnish that I have removed. The scabbard was covered in years of just about everything including paint splatters so I have given it a light cleaning followed by Ren wax. It is dark outside now so I will have to wait until tomorrow to post pictures. Robert |
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Got a couple of pictures to come out worth posting. The grip is fully carved on both sides. Sometimes I love ebay!
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You did VERY well. Excellent piece.
Steve |
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Hello Robert, very nice! Congrats! It is a binangon, I think..... here is mine for comparison (yours I think is older..)
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Steve and Flavio,
Thank you for your interest and for the pictures. Here are a few that I took this morning. Hope you all like them. Would anyone like to take a guess as to the age of this sword? Robert Last edited by Robert Coleman; 13th October 2007 at 06:52 PM. |
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Hi Robert,
It does look like a binangon with deity hilt. Here is mine http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...light=binangon will a simple (broken) bulbous hilt. Yours is a very nice one...and yours as well Flavio! Emanuel |
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Hi Manolo,
I remember yours from when you first posted it and ask about age. It is still a nice example (like all the others shown here) even with the hilt damaged. Flavio, I've got a question on yours. Is the hilt wood or horn? I can't tell from the pictures. Mine is horn. Thank you all again for your interest and help. Robert |
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Hello Emanuel, thank you
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Just thought I'd add another picture of this sword with a few of its new friends.
![]() Last edited by Robert Coleman; 16th October 2007 at 02:55 AM. |
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