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3rd October 2021, 05:09 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Greenville, NC
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A Beautifully Laminated Barong/Barung
This old Moro barong/barung is a recent purchase, and when it arrived it was a very nice surprise. I knew it was an old, perhaps 19th century, Tausug Moro or Samal Moro barong in a later, mid-20th-century, scabbard. What I did not anticipate was the outstanding quality of the beautifully laminated blade. The laminations are very precisely done and almost remind one of the rings in a tree trunk...I even wonder if that was the inspiration for this sort of pattern weld. This is one of the rarer forms of pattern welding on a Moro barong blade; I believe only a twistcore pattern weld on a barong is rarer.
Dimensions: Overall: 26in./66cm. Blade length: 17in./43cm. Widest point of the blade: 2.75in./7cm. |
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3rd October 2021, 06:05 PM
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Keris forum moderator
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Nova Scotia
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Nothing but the best from you Charles. That is a freakin' beautiful barung!
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3rd October 2021, 06:42 PM
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Location: Austria
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Magnificent!
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3rd October 2021, 10:27 PM
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Location: Greenville, NC
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Thanks, guys...it was a very nice surprise!
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4th October 2021, 02:15 AM
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Join Date: May 2020
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That really is a nice piece of work!
And the weaving on the scabbard is beautiful too! |
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4th October 2021, 09:54 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2020
Location: Vlissingen, Netherlands
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Wonderful example Charles, well done!
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