My Second Barong

zamboanga · 26th November 2005, 06:33 AM

i use petroleum jelly

to keep the blade from rusting. the locals use pomade (the ones that come in small satchets) but i don't like my blade to smell like elvis' hair.

as to the way the locals do their etching, they use crushed kamias aka iba fruits - the long ones and not the rounded ones. these are packed inside a bamboo that has the same length and size of the blade. the blade then is left buried under the crushed kamias until the etched patterns shows up.

26th November 2005, 06:33 AM	#7
zamboanga Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: zamboanga city, philippines Posts: 132	i use petroleum jelly to keep the blade from rusting. the locals use pomade (the ones that come in small satchets) but i don't like my blade to smell like elvis' hair. as to the way the locals do their etching, they use crushed kamias aka iba fruits - the long ones and not the rounded ones. these are packed inside a bamboo that has the same length and size of the blade. the blade then is left buried under the crushed kamias until the etched patterns shows up.