Moro Pira Sword antique or new production?

VANDOO · 21st April 2011, 04:33 AM

THE FIRST ONE IS RECENT , I HAVE ONE WITH THE HORN HANDLE MINE ORIGINATED IN PANAY WHERE A DEALER WAS SELLING THEM ON EBAY. NOT BAD WORKMANSHIP AND THE PRICE WAS RIGHT THOUGH THE BLADES ARE A BIT THIN.
THE SECOND ONE IS A CURRENT FORM OF PIRA WITHOUT THE LONG BACK SPIKE ON THE HANDLE. I HAVE AN EXAMPLE THAT WAS MADE AROUND 1945 SO THE FORM HAS BEEN AROUND FOR QUITE A WHILE BUT I DON'T KNOW WHEN OR WHERE IT ORIGINATED.

21st April 2011, 04:33 AM	#4
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	THE FIRST ONE IS RECENT , I HAVE ONE WITH THE HORN HANDLE MINE ORIGINATED IN PANAY WHERE A DEALER WAS SELLING THEM ON EBAY. NOT BAD WORKMANSHIP AND THE PRICE WAS RIGHT THOUGH THE BLADES ARE A BIT THIN. THE SECOND ONE IS A CURRENT FORM OF PIRA WITHOUT THE LONG BACK SPIKE ON THE HANDLE. I HAVE AN EXAMPLE THAT WAS MADE AROUND 1945 SO THE FORM HAS BEEN AROUND FOR QUITE A WHILE BUT I DON'T KNOW WHEN OR WHERE IT ORIGINATED.