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2nd September 2017, 12:59 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Louisville, KY
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Detlef is on the money! I agree with him 100%, only adding that the mounts are brass, the scabbard seems to be bone (maybe born), and the pommel is bone in recent form. These were being made in Marawi city (until ISIS showed up
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2nd September 2017, 03:00 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2014
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Thanks Detlef and Battara!
At least I was close on the age. Now at least I know the people who made it.Was it made for tourists? Thanks again, Terry |
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2nd September 2017, 12:27 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Chino, CA.
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Out of curiosity. Regarding the engravings. If you look very closely does it appear like the marks that made it are scalloped; Smooth; Or a series of very small indentation, very close together?
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2nd September 2017, 04:35 PM
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Location: Louisville, KY
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Yes this was made for tourists and the modern market.
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9th September 2017, 02:50 PM
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Helleri,
Sorry, forgot to answer your question. Looks to me like hand chiseled to me. Terry |
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