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Old 18th June 2020, 02:55 PM   #1
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The highlight for me of these recently made badung is the quality carving of the hilts and scabbards. The blades tend to be of variable quality and often not particularly well forged. At least that's been my experience. Would you agree?


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Hello Ian,

To me, these look so "very touristy"...

... or better said aimed at foreign collectors of exotic objects. Not very traditional, more like modern carvings...
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Old 19th June 2020, 10:21 PM   #2
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Hello Ian,

To me, these look so "very touristy"...

... or better said aimed at foreign collectors of exotic objects. Not very traditional, more like modern carvings...
Hello Marius,

You have seen it different some time ago, see here: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...hlight=palawan
See the example 2 in post#1.

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