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7th March 2017, 05:35 PM
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7th March 2017, 11:53 PM
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Another great catch Detlef. The fur looks to be that from a young Philippine warty pig, and the ferrule as Kino has mentioned looks to be made from a Remington shotgun shell casing. I cannot be positive, but to me the material on the blade next to the ferrule look like a solder repair made to help keep the ferrule in place. If you look closely (photo below) you can see on one side where it looks like it has been soldered and the solder has been run up and onto the brass ferrule itself. This is not something that you will see when welding. Brass will flow onto steel, but steel will not flow onto brass in the way shown in the photo. As far as age, I think that I will wait to see better photos before commenting in that area. My only other comment is to say that I wish that I had seen this first.
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8th March 2017, 01:19 AM
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Thank you very much for your educated comment and special for the enlargements Robert. Also the pig suggestion seems to be a very good one. And I hope that you are correct with the soldering theory, the picture seems to confirm this. We will know more when it arrives at it's destination.
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8th March 2017, 01:27 AM
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I hope that I am right with the soldering theory as well. In the drawing of the Nigrito warrior you posted the top of the sheath seems to show something similar to the fur on your example wrapped around its throat as well.
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8th March 2017, 04:01 PM
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Yes, it looks also to my eyes that he seems to have something similar around the scabbard from his sword. Sadly I can't see clearly the hilt form. The other man has a complete different sword. Regards, Detlef |
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10th March 2017, 07:37 PM
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Sorry for the poor quality of the photo, but this I believe is the source of the material used as a ferrule on this sword.
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10th March 2017, 08:16 PM
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A small-shot cartridge?Regards, Detlef |
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