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Originally Posted by mross
That is some nice looking work. Would you know what the steel is that is used?
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To my knowledge, they use leaf spring (known locally as 'molye'), also known as 5160 carbon steel.
Apolaki: Hi, yes it's a horse-head. Unfortunately I don't have data for the history of the hilts yet. The earliest samples for the figural hilts of Ilocos Sur is dated sometime preww2.