Whalebone Kampilan Restoration

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Originally Posted by Battara

Greetings folks!

Well, here is another restoration I did for the present owner of this famous whalebone kampilan. Here are before and after pictures. The new bands are silver, the hair naturally colored horsehair, and I made a brass hand guard bar to replace the missing one on the other side.

Enjoy!

Hi Jose,

I really like to see your restorework especially in silver ( I hope to reach that level once )
on the hair for this kamp I should prefer to let the piece without.
there nothing wrong with an old kamp who lost his hair ( like an old man)

best regards,

Arjan