Ivory Silver Swassa Barong

Battara · 27th February 2010, 03:19 AM

Since it seems that we will not agree with the sultan barong, let us go back to the other issue. It seems that there are some datu pieces that have laminations and some that don't.

As I have said I do have a datu barong (and a datu Mandaya knife) for example that has laminations. However, I have several examples and seen other examples that do not and they support the notion mentioned by Cato that some datu/nobility pieces sport none laminated blades.

The reason is up for debate as we all have demonstrated here in this post.

Battara · 16th March 2011, 11:14 PM

Well took a break from other people's work and finally made a scabbard for this barong. Here are the pictures.

Enjoy!

BTW - I repolished and etched the blade - some interesting patterns there as you can see.

16th March 2011, 11:14 PM	#2
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,143	Well took a break from other people's work and finally made a scabbard for this barong. Here are the pictures. Enjoy! BTW - I repolished and etched the blade - some interesting patterns there as you can see. Attached Images

27th February 2010, 03:19 AM	#1
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,143	Since it seems that we will not agree with the sultan barong, let us go back to the other issue. It seems that there are some datu pieces that have laminations and some that don't. As I have said I do have a datu barong (and a datu Mandaya knife) for example that has laminations. However, I have several examples and seen other examples that do not and they support the notion mentioned by Cato that some datu/nobility pieces sport none laminated blades. The reason is up for debate as we all have demonstrated here in this post.