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Ian · 17th April 2005, 11:19 PM

I was hoping you would make a linkage between the sipit barung and those recent Palawano examples. How about some of these new ones from Northern Borneo and another older example that I posted on the former Forum site and found here:

http://www.vikingsword.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/001304.html

These have some superficial similarities to the Palawano barung, most notably the narrow blade profile, but they are clearly a different genre with respect to the narrow fullers and other blade decorations.

One more variety to add to our growing list of barung from various places.

Ian.

17th April 2005, 11:19 PM	#40
Ian Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Aussie Bush Posts: 4,361	Thanks Battara ... I was hoping you would make a linkage between the sipit barung and those recent Palawano examples. How about some of these new ones from Northern Borneo and another older example that I posted on the former Forum site and found here: http://www.vikingsword.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/001304.html These have some superficial similarities to the Palawano barung, most notably the narrow blade profile, but they are clearly a different genre with respect to the narrow fullers and other blade decorations. One more variety to add to our growing list of barung from various places. Ian.