3rd June 2005, 02:12 AM | #1 |
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Kalinga Axe
Okay, now I know prices have gone insane .
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3rd June 2005, 04:05 AM | #2 |
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Rick, its not just a head axe, its a "Very powerful armor piercing battle axe".
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3rd June 2005, 07:16 AM | #3 |
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Ouch...for that kind of money, I would expect an extravagent piece in pristine condition. A textbook piece so to speak. This piece looks like its had some modifications, and not to the better. Getting out of the collecting game is looking more and more enticing with prices going up as they are.
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3rd June 2005, 09:42 PM | #4 |
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Yikes!!!!
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3rd June 2005, 09:54 PM | #5 |
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Great! I think now is the time to sell mine.
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3rd June 2005, 09:55 PM | #6 | |
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As others have mentioned it looks like it is not quite original to boot. More money than real knowledge makes trouble for us all . /end rant |
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4th June 2005, 02:30 AM | #7 |
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thought I was going to snipe this one, but didn't even get my bid in http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1 but it does seem like a much more desireable piece
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4th June 2005, 02:57 AM | #8 |
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There goes the Katipunan market .
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4th June 2005, 05:41 AM | #10 |
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Hey guys
What do you think of this one from Igorot tribe. |
4th June 2005, 05:51 AM | #11 |
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That has a much scarier look than any of the "fantasy" axes, swords and knives.
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4th June 2005, 10:44 AM | #13 |
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Yes, this is Kalinga as Federico has said. I would call this a datu ceremonial piece. I have a kalinga and Bontoc one as well. Congratulations.
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4th June 2005, 12:07 PM | #14 |
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is that a pipe hole at the handle base?
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I had an eye on that one too. Went flying past me without even registering a bid. Yikes, yikes, yikes
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And you were just saying the other day, Rick, about how hard it was to sell Katipunan-era knives and swords!
I suppose it was the engraved insignia on this blade and its unusual shape and length that prompted such a high price. Quote:
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4th June 2005, 01:10 PM | #17 | |
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Excellent piece. Congrats on finding it.
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Hush, now, Lew -- you'll be giving folks ideas
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4th June 2005, 01:50 PM | #19 |
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Casey, does your axe have a reinforced (compare shandigan) edge? Does the blade get thinner and thinner toward the cutting edge, but then get thicker right at the top of the bevel? Something I've seen before, and can't decide if I see it here or not......
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Tom, mine has what your describing. On both my Kalinga datu and "regular" axe heads. Only the points and back spikes are reinforced (get the points? Got to be sharp ).
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Cool! Are the back spikes sharp on yours? Those I've seen in person were not sharp, but had a kind of flat squared off end?
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I think everyone should stay away from the Thai and Burmese stuff too. |
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8th June 2005, 01:40 AM | #23 |
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Actually Tom, no. They should not be because they are not used for killing but for thrusting into the ground to stablize the blade for use along its edge for utility cutting. Mine are squared off as well.
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You guys (the Dhafia) have already run that market out of sight ! |
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8th June 2005, 11:37 AM | #25 |
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Nah, those farmer swords that "aren't dhas" are still quite affordable ....I think I can about afford a screwdriver from Mindinao......
Battara, that's what I'd always heard about the spike. When I made one out of a buzz saw blade though, I put a sharp spike (and a peaked tip edge for parrying, and a 10" flat tang. )......it was, as Therion said, even a little scary to handle; significantly moreso than a sharp double edged sword, holding which should make a person feel real alert right there..... |
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