Maguindanao Kris silver ivory swaasa

David · 1st July 2012, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Battara

Here is the rest of the avatar. I got the 19th c hilt of silver, ivory, and swaasa from a WWII vet who got it when stationed on Mindanao. But the blade was WWII recent era and aweful.

So Philkid got this Maguindanao 19th c blade with silver inlay (90% of which I had to replace) and is laminated. Again forgive my phone pictures. If I get better pictures, I will post them as well.

I guess you might have overlooked Jose's first post in this thread...

ThePepperSkull · 1st July 2012, 09:27 PM

Ah! I seem to have lost my attention span :P

Thanks, David!

Battara · 2nd July 2012, 01:46 AM

Swassa is tough stuff to make. I did not make a hilt out of swassa, but did make some swassa scabbard rings before (with the help of a friend).

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ThePepperSkull Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 338	Ah! I seem to have lost my attention span :P Thanks, David!

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Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,310	Swassa is tough stuff to make. I did not make a hilt out of swassa, but did make some swassa scabbard rings before (with the help of a friend).