Hello Carlos,

I'd love to see this blade etched! This would be much safer to do after disassembling and allow for some additional closer inspection (e. g. as suggested by Gustav); removal of active rust from the tang will also lessen pressure on the horn hilt and avoid further splitting which already is apparent on both hilt ends. Please let me know if you could use any help with such a project...

Best wishes,
Kai

Hello Michael,

Thanks for posting examples - I need to screen my references and will get back to you on Panay/Visayan pieces.


Yeah, thanks for elaborating on my terse exposition, Gustav!

Regards,
Kai

Just for reference: a thread, which handles weapons with similar handles and hand guards:

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...t=parang+nabur