Latest EBay Find

[Robert]

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?ViewItem&rd=1&item=320163850962&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=011 Comments welcomed.

Robert

[kronckew]

nice, looks a bit like this one of mine which is a couple inches shorter. (12" blade)
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s231/kronckew/parang.jpg
(i made the scabbard as it came without one)

you'll need to post better pics when it arrives.....with scabbard so i can see what it looks like ;) .

[Ferguson]

Good score! Looks like a nice bolo. Can't wait to see good pics.

Steve

[Battara]

Robert,

Yours is a Visayan piece. It may have a deity head, though hard to tell from the pictures.

[Robert]

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

[Robert]

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

[Robert]

Got a couple of pictures to come out worth posting. The grip is fully carved on both sides. Sometimes I love ebay! :D More pictures tomorrow.

Robert

[Ferguson]

You did VERY well. Excellent piece.

Steve

[Flavio]

Hello Robert, very nice! Congrats! It is a binangon, I think..... here is mine for comparison (yours I think is older..)

[Robert]

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

[Emanuel]

Hi Robert,

It does look like a binangon with deity hilt. Here is mine http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=5000&highlight=binangon will a simple (broken) bulbous hilt.

Yours is a very nice one...and yours as well Flavio!

Emanuel

[Robert]

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

[Flavio]

Hello Emanuel, thank you :) Robert, mine is made of wood and I think that this is one of the elements to say that yours is older than mine :shrug:

[Robert]

Just thought I'd add another picture of this sword with a few of its new friends. :D