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16th July 2011, 10:30 PM | #1 |
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Hello Detlef, and thank you for your interest in this. I have not etched the blade on this bolo, this is what showed up after I cleaned the built up dirt and grime off of it. I really do not like to etch blades unless it was the practice of the people that originally made them. I prefur to just clean oil and wax them to help preserve and protect them while they are in my care.
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16th July 2011, 11:06 PM | #2 | |
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17th July 2011, 06:01 AM | #3 |
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My best guess on this is that it could possibly be another transitional piece with a Bicol blade with a Tagalog hilt ???
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17th July 2011, 02:34 PM | #4 |
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Bicol too is what I'd think this came from, for reasons that Robert mentioned. There's a blade there called sinampalok, which I'm still researching on. Perhaps this bolo is an example of that. But it's too early to tell. We will see later. Thanks Robert, for sharing the pics!
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17th July 2011, 11:18 PM | #5 |
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Hello Lorenz , and thank you for taking a look at this and for your opinion. If you would, could you please post what you find on the sinampalok (whether this turns out to be an example of one or not) here on the forum? I tried a search on the internet using "sinampalok" and did find some pictures but none were clear enough to make any kind of positive identification.
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18th July 2011, 01:13 AM | #6 |
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Another example ?
Top one . |
18th July 2011, 02:19 AM | #7 |
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Hello Rick, The top one could very possibly be from Bicol, especially with the file work at the base of the blade. It reminds me of the file work that you see on alot of the minasbads in this same area of the blade.
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