Thank you Kai. I would really like to bring out the pattern in the blade but I am not that confident yet in my etching skills. I have done a basic vinegar etch and I only brought up some faint traces of lamination along the cutting edge. This new junggayan barong is 21 inches in over-all length with a blade length of just under 14 inches. The blade thickness is 5 mm at the base which makes it the thinnest barong blade in my collection, not counting the boy's barong I have which is of the same blade thickness. The naga barong on the other hand is 23 inches in over-all length, has a blade length of 16.5 inches, and has a 10 mm blade thickness at the base. You are right, that is quite a substantial blade.
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