Bolo

[Rick]

Originally Posted by Robert Coleman

Hi Rick, Great little collection you have there thanks for sharing them. Are the grips on these bone? The second from the bottom look similar to the one I have posted. What is stamped on its blade?


Robert

Hi Robert,

The handles are bone .
The piece you are interested in has (of course) the poorest markings .
What I can make out is either Naraui or Nabaui ;hard to tell if it's an R or a poorly stamped B .

[Robert]

Originally Posted by Rick

Hi Robert,

The handles are bone .
The piece you are interested in has (of course) the poorest markings .
What I can make out is either Naraui or Nabaui ;hard to tell if it's an R or a poorly stamped B .

Of course, Murphy's Law in perfect working order. That is a very nice collection of miniatures you have there. Almost all the ones that I have seen have the blades made from aluminium with wooden grips while the blades on your seem to be made of steel and have bone grips. Very nice!! Do you have more of these?

[Rick]

Hi Robert,

Ebay..
Someone had broken up a Moro weapons plaque, or it was too shot to sell whole .
These were auctioned off in parcels of five .
I'm guessing these are from the Twenties or so .
The early examples were much nicer than the post WWII examples .

I replaced a missing ferrule on the Bolo and mounted them in a little shadowbox .

[G. McCormack]

Rick- those look great together in a shadow box

Robert- its W1 steel, differentially heat treated, copper collar, cocobolo handle with a single bamboo pin. About 10 inches overall.

Let me know if you'd like some more pics of that scabbard, I'd be glad to get some to you.

[Robert]

Garrett, Yes I would greatly appreciate some close-ups of the detailing on the scabbard. Thank you very much for helping me to get the new one made in the proper style.

Rich, Those do look absolutely great mounted in that shadow box! To bad you couldn't get the entire set when they came up for auction.


Robert