BARUNG REBIRTH 3

tanaruz · 5th April 2023, 01:34 AM

Hi,

Thank you for your inputs.

a) scabbard- I've patterned the design (with a square end) from an old barung picture. In that picture, the scabbard has a square end, with rattan bindings and no ukkil designs.

With that picture as a reference, I had requested the carver to make a similar scabbard- only with the addition of ukkil.

b) if it's much earlier than the 'late 19th century'- could it be mid or early 19th c?

Saludos and a blessed week for us all.

Yves

Ian · 5th April 2023, 12:46 PM

I would conservatively place it as mid-19th C. Very well forged blade from what I can see.

tanaruz · 5th April 2023, 01:39 PM

Hi,

Appreciate the inputs.

If I may emphasize, this is an 'angkun' type of barung. And with its's 1-cm spine (thickest)- it is indeed the heaviest amongst all barungs in our collection.

But the mystery is still the Chinese characters on this one (as well as the one on our Barung rebirth 2). What could possibly be their translation? I wonder.

Kind regards,

Yves

Ian · 5th April 2023, 02:17 PM

Yves, what is an angkun blade? I have not heard that term before. As for the Chinese characters, have you tried to get it translated locally? I know there is a sizeable Chinese population in Luzon.

5th April 2023, 01:34 AM	#1
tanaruz Member Join Date: Apr 2020 Posts: 273	Barung rebirth 3 Hi, Thank you for your inputs. a) scabbard- I've patterned the design (with a square end) from an old barung picture. In that picture, the scabbard has a square end, with rattan bindings and no ukkil designs. With that picture as a reference, I had requested the carver to make a similar scabbard- only with the addition of ukkil. b) if it's much earlier than the 'late 19th century'- could it be mid or early 19th c? Saludos and a blessed week for us all. Yves

5th April 2023, 01:39 PM	#3
tanaruz Member Join Date: Apr 2020 Posts: 273	Barung rebirth 3 Hi, Appreciate the inputs. If I may emphasize, this is an 'angkun' type of barung. And with its's 1-cm spine (thickest)- it is indeed the heaviest amongst all barungs in our collection. But the mystery is still the Chinese characters on this one (as well as the one on our Barung rebirth 2). What could possibly be their translation? I wonder. Kind regards, Yves

5th April 2023, 12:46 PM	#2
Ian Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Aussie Bush Posts: 4,363	I would conservatively place it as mid-19th C. Very well forged blade from what I can see.

5th April 2023, 02:17 PM	#4
Ian Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Aussie Bush Posts: 4,363	Yves, what is an angkun blade? I have not heard that term before. As for the Chinese characters, have you tried to get it translated locally? I know there is a sizeable Chinese population in Luzon.