Bankung with Scabbard ebay
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Greetings folks. Thought I would post this for our archives. This is a bankung that ended abruptly on ebay. Enjoy.
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Blade shape to me does not look right.
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I admit that the blade shape is not wider at the end for a good or perhaps early bankung. It may also be a variation of the genre. Hard to tell....... :shrug:
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LOL, eBay showed that to me in the 'heres what other people are watching' section.
No entry for 'Bankung' in Stones, can someone elaborate? |
note the baca/asang
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Noticing the indention at the top of the scabbard for the hilt ferrule, it does not look like a correct fit. ....just wondering if the two were "born together"?
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(Nothing to do with the blade of origin-- but what is the wood used for the sheath? Is it some sort of palm wood? I have a Pira with a scabbard made of identical wood and was just curious) :D
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it's not palm. It appears to be tree wood; note the "knot" palm is a cycad, not a tree, and doesn't have branches as such, so no knots. Also, it has a rather distinct apperance, more similar to "interlocking" grain of some tropical trees (ex monkeypod and tropical mahagony).
Does the sword fit in the scabbard? we see it in a not-fully-inserted position twice? |
Atlantia - you will find bankung in the back section of Cato's Moro Swords.
Charles - a good point about not being originally together. The Pepperskull - maybe palm wood, but I have seen narra wood like this too. Not too sure. :shrug: |
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Thanks Jose, then all I need is a copy of Robert Cato's Moro Swords. ;) Best Gene |
Has it become as scarce as The Grail these days ?
There's usually 1 ot 2 floating around; no ? :shrug: |
According to Cato yes, however I would modify it as earlier ones are rare, later ones maybe not, like pira - older ones rare, but not later ones.
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