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Old 28th February 2020, 04:51 AM   #4
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That is some nice looking work. Would you know what the steel is that is used?
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.
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