A Barong with a fanciful story

Sajen · 16th December 2015, 05:34 PM

Hello Blue,

hope the the handle will show a nice grain, oil it and polish the wood with car polish, this works very fine. I doubt that the wire is metal, look more like fiber or something similar, when it is metal you can use "never dull", this don't let this ugly white traces compound metal polish will show. Scabbard halfes seems to be glued but you will know it soon as you have received it.

Regards,
Detlef

blue lander · 17th December 2015, 08:14 PM

It just arrived. I haven't had a chance to clean it up yet but it looks like the hilt might have some nice grain to it.

It's smaller and thinner than my other Barong, although it's still sturdy and heavily built. I didn't measure the blade but you can see its size in relation to a sheet of paper. The wrapping non the hilt are definitely wire. It looks like their used to be a "tail" to the hilt that's snapped off.

Pretty sure the blade is mono steel

Sajen · 18th December 2015, 05:33 PM

Look like a lot of work, parts of the ferrule are missing and the wire binding seems to be not original but attached because the hilt seems to be broken and it seems that the hilt has a lot of chips.
I am curious how it will look after cleaning.

Regards,
Detlef

17th December 2015, 08:14 PM	#2
blue lander Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 456	It just arrived. I haven't had a chance to clean it up yet but it looks like the hilt might have some nice grain to it. It's smaller and thinner than my other Barong, although it's still sturdy and heavily built. I didn't measure the blade but you can see its size in relation to a sheet of paper. The wrapping non the hilt are definitely wire. It looks like their used to be a "tail" to the hilt that's snapped off. Pretty sure the blade is mono steel Attached Images

16th December 2015, 05:34 PM	#1
Sajen Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany, Dortmund Posts: 9,272	Hello Blue, hope the the handle will show a nice grain, oil it and polish the wood with car polish, this works very fine. I doubt that the wire is metal, look more like fiber or something similar, when it is metal you can use "never dull", this don't let this ugly white traces compound metal polish will show. Scabbard halfes seems to be glued but you will know it soon as you have received it. Regards, Detlef

18th December 2015, 05:33 PM	#3
Sajen Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany, Dortmund Posts: 9,272	Look like a lot of work, parts of the ferrule are missing and the wire binding seems to be not original but attached because the hilt seems to be broken and it seems that the hilt has a lot of chips. I am curious how it will look after cleaning. Regards, Detlef