A Philippine gunong or punal

[ferguson]

Hello friends,
Picked up this sweet little gunong on Ebay. It has a very well forged blade with faint lamination. Overall length is 9 3/8". The handle is banati (?) and the guard and ferrule are brass. No scabbard. Probably from the early 1900s. For your veiwing pleasure.

Steve

 

[tedwca]

Nice, thanks for sharing.

 

[Leatherface]

Sweet!!!

Ahh is it sharp?

 

[ferguson]

Sweet!!!

Ahh is it sharp?

Fairly sharp. Being an antique, I won't sharpen it like I do with new pieces.

Steve

 

[Andrew Colglazier]

That's great wood! Very pretty, thank you!

Andy

 

[CallsThunder]

Very nice. Thanks for sharing.
DanR

 

[Leatherface]

Fairly sharp. Being an antique, I won't sharpen it like I do with new pieces.

Steve

Bummer...A lasor sharp gunong would be sweet!!!

 

[Bill Marsh]

Nice piece. Love the Banati wood.

 

[tedwca]

You know, the knife is cool, but I really lust for that matt it's photographed on. I've always loved the way it photographs and I've spent a lot of time looking for it's twin.

Yes, I have matt envy

 

[ferguson]

You know, the knife is cool, but I really lust for that matt it's photographed on. I've always loved the way it photographs and I've spent a lot of time looking for it's twin.

Yes, I have matt envy

It's in the box.

Steve

 

[C.S. Graves]

I am positively FROTHING with envy, here, Ferg. As they say in the UK, "noice"!

It's odd that Ted immediately came to mind when I looked at the mat. I even through maybe he took the photos, but then realized I was mistaken.