D&L's Barungs with Ivory Ball's

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Originally Posted by DaveS

Robert: Iv'e been told that the chinese marked their ingots of trade iron in
this way. I know that the moros often obtained some of their iron through
trading. I have another sword somewhere with this same mark, but i can't
remember if it is on a kris or barong..........Dave.

I believe there were also Chinese smiths amongst the Moros and that many Guangdong/Fujian-descent Chinese settled in amongst the Moros (and other Filipinos as well) and intermixed.

I could be wrong but I vaguely remember some connection between Chinese smiths and Ankun barong?