My latest Gunong
 

Not to be outdone by Detlef, I thought I would show off the most recent addition to my small Gunong collection.

This one is rather basic, but very functional. Blade is 19cm long and 6.6mm thick! I imagine this one would date around 1920-30.

All comments welcome.

Congrats Russel,

nice one and agree with you about the age! Nice cleaning job you have done! And it seems that you have etched the blade, I see a nice lamination in the blade! :) Scabbard seems of later date as the dagger.

Regards,
Detlef

Hello Russel, Very nice basic knife. I like these very much. I have a question on the blade, is the upper edge of the blade sharpened from the tip all the way to the guard or is there a flat area starting at the guard and extending forward an inch or so? Again, a very nice catch.

Best,
Robert

Thanks guys, I'm very pleased with it. Despite (the ever more frequent) exhorbitant postal charges from the US, it was still a bargain. I found it buried in the bowels of a non-weapon related eBay category (I love the hunt) :)

Detlef, the condition is how I received it from the seller. Someone did a reasonable polishing job without doing any damage (which is a surprise) although the brass is over cleaned IMO. I have not etched the blade yet (still practising my technique on lesser items) but it does show signs of lamination. I will etch it and a few others when I am confident not to make any serious mistakes!

Robert, yes the blade has a proximal-dorsal flattened spine (around 3-4cm). I have attached an image of it (at top) with two other similarly shaped blades. I have been pondering on this flattened section of blade for a while: could it's relative size be an indicator of age? I have a feeling that for earlier Gunong this section is quite long (on my oldest it is 7-8cm), reducing to non-existence post WWII. Just a wild thought from a novice. :)

Thanks again,
Russel

Hello Robert,

I remember now that you have asked a similar question in an other thread before. The only one I have seen and handled until now with a blade where the upper edge of the blade sharpened from the tip all the way to the guard is the one I've shown in this thread post #7: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ghlight=gunong

Russel, I am unsure that this can be taken as time indicator also when this would confirm it in this case. I think we would need to see more examples to be sure about this. :shrug:

Regards,
Detlef

Russel, nice condition and for my taste is the brass not overcleaned. But when you don't clean it again it will become dull after a year or so again.

Regards,
Detlef