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A really nice piece! This one has a lot of character. I like how the original owner wrapped the whole hilt...I've wielded a very similar-looking sample, but its blade wasn't shandigan. |
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![]() I posted 2 barongs on the same day that this thread was begun not realizing that it was started, so let me add 3 of my other blades.
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Merciful Lord...that's a king's ransom of really nice barungs! Great collection! |
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![]() Drac2k, nice batch of barungs, the scabbard wrappings on them are giving me ideas...
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![]() Thanks, guys.
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![]() Beautiful barongs drac2k!
Here a update of my ones, some are gone, some are new to the collection. |
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![]() WOW Sajen, pretty darn nice ones you got there yourself; and with scabbards!
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Thank you! ![]() The scabbards by the first one from left and the second from right are not original to the blades but fit them fairly well. The two at right are shadigan blades, not good to see in the pictures. |
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![]() Just received this barung last week, passed on by another forumite =) so difficult to get rid of the leaf-blade bug.
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True, I have more barungs than I have hands to use them. Is that dark streak in the scabbard a crack or a darker graining? A closeup of the carving near the scabbard mouth and of the grip pommel would be useful too. And, I have this odd desire to oil & rub my wood scabbards with furniture oil... Might do the Kris ones too. ![]() |
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Hi sir, it's a crack...the scabbard is damaged. I've included additional pictures. |
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![]() Nice, I'd be tempted to wick some superglue into the handle crack & possibly fill the scabbard defect with a wood putty or filler of some sort if you can do it without blocking the entrance of the blade, or possibly just wrap it in a few spots with rattan or other appropriate cord. But that's just me...
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![]() Here is my contribution
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![]() Very nice collection, Roy!
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Yup, cool stuff. Excellent! |
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Amazing collection! One of the best I've seen so far. May we inquire for more info regarding the 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 6th samples? The 6th sample seems extra interesting as it has provenance note. |
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![]() Hello Xasterix.
Can't tell you too much about them as I find Barung nomenclature somewhat confusing. However, #5 is slightly hollow ground but it does not have a pronounced rib so I don't think it could be called shandigan. The inscription on #6 is hard to read. I can only make out:- From (somewhere) village I cannot read the second line at all Bought by Col Bird ? April 4 1900 Cheers Roy |
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I enlarged it, and sharpened it a bit. I still can't make out anything on that second line. The rest would make a good example for a doctor's handwriting, it's so obscure. Maybe someone else can try? |
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(somewhere) could be “Moro” 2nd line, 1st word crossed out “Sul”, as in Sulu, 2nd word looks like “Island” 3rd word, the last 4 letters looks like”jolo” |
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