7th July 2013, 05:26 PM | #1 |
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A rather nice Barung
Hi all!!!!
It's passed a lot of time from my latest post with some new stuff... Hope to have time to post soon some of my new pieces! Anyway here we go! A rather nice barung, or barong if you prefer (thank you Gustav!!) I made the rattan bindings with the tutor of this old, but always helpful post of Mr Yarom http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...Binding+Rattan Than I have etched the blade and a nice lamination pop up. The rest is normal routin (silver cleaning, wood claening, etc...) Hope you like it Flavio |
7th July 2013, 06:03 PM | #2 |
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Very nice barung and perfect restore job!
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7th July 2013, 06:07 PM | #3 |
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Thank you, Detlef
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7th July 2013, 09:29 PM | #4 |
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Lovely piece and nice rattan work. Congrats!
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8th July 2013, 10:37 AM | #5 |
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Nicely restoration!
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8th July 2013, 05:50 PM | #6 |
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Thank you guys! It was a quite simple restoration project, indeed
Now I have a question: do you think that the barung and the scabbard are contemporary? Seems to me that the scabbard is older respect the barung.... |
9th July 2013, 02:44 AM | #7 |
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Nice piece and nice work - no I think the scabbard is late 19thc or turn of the century.
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9th July 2013, 08:35 AM | #8 | |
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Hello Flavio,
I wouldn't be surprised if both were contemporary. If one of them happens to be younger my vote would be the scabbard. Quote:
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9th July 2013, 01:44 PM | #9 | |
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I had it in my hands and my opinion is, both scabbard and blade are antique. |
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9th July 2013, 02:24 PM | #10 | |
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Hello Gustav,
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I implied Flavio's comment to mean that blade and scabbard were contemporary to each other (not contemporary as in modern); sorry for the glitch. Regards, Kai |
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9th July 2013, 03:20 PM | #11 |
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excellent work on the rattan bands, Flavio! also, the blade itself looks shandigan (minus the swollen edge)... is it relatively light (overall weight)?
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9th July 2013, 05:16 PM | #12 |
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Thank you all for your comments! I was thinking that the scabbard was late 19th century and the barung a little bit recent, but I'm not an expert at all, and this was just an idea that comes in my head. I'm in love this barung, I love it and I tried to restore the best I can What all you say, guys, just let me happier and more..... I can't post just some pics and say "Hey, look at this piece! Look at this excellent job I've done!" I want to read from you some other comments since it's a while that I can't partecipate to the forum and truth is that.... I miss you guys
Anyway, thank you so much for your comments! Spunjer, I'll let you know the overall weight but it's not so light.... |
10th July 2013, 04:05 AM | #13 |
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Well I think you did a great job on the etching and on the rattan!
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10th July 2013, 05:16 AM | #14 |
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I'm in total agreement with everyone else on this, you have done a wonderful job on the etching and rattan work. Congratulations on this great addition to your collection.
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13th July 2013, 02:11 PM | #16 |
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Thank you all guys
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