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Old 3rd November 2012, 10:55 PM   #1
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Interesting motifs on the sheath, Chinese influenced lucky coins.
The little flowers to the top, similar are also seen within the old French Indo China borders....

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Old 3rd November 2012, 11:01 PM   #2
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Simply stunning!
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Old 4th November 2012, 10:43 AM   #3
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Hello Ron,

congrats for this purchase! A very nice and complete binangon. The sheath is very similar to my tenegre sheath what give you a estimated age of yours. The flower is a catmoon flower. My scabbard has as well this pieces of mirrow and and a very similar design, look here: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=11550.

When you ever get bored by this beauty....

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Old 4th November 2012, 11:07 AM   #4
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Please share more information on this flower you mention Sajen, does it go by any other name?

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Old 4th November 2012, 11:23 AM   #5
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Please share more information on this flower you mention Sajen, does it go by any other name?

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Hello Gavin,

I have this information from Nacho given to me/us in the the thread I posted in up in post # 12. I don't have more informations, sorry.

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Old 4th November 2012, 12:04 PM   #6
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Thanks Detlef,

Interesting also to see that the inner part of the lucky coin motif would sit within the geometric design of the "Catmoon" flower arrangement.

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Old 4th November 2012, 03:57 PM   #7
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I forget, is it the blade form that makes this a binangon?

On another note, this is a common motif on this island - seen it on upland Panay pieces as well (pieces with long noses).
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