An HI Pinuti

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I posted a pic of this sword a while back, but after a little TLC, it looks even better. Beautiful wood on the scabbard, and the handle. It's a light, quick, but substantial short sword, based on the Philippine Pinuti. An interesting thing, the inside of the wooden scabbard is charred in places. I can only guess that the kamis had a problem with scabbard fit after it was put together, and shoved a red hot iron up in it to burn away the offending wood. More than one way to skin a cat! :)

Thanks Yangdu!

Steve Ferguson

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That has got to be one of the nicest looking swords I have ever seen. If I owned it, my wife would have to drag me away from it because I'd be staring at it in awe and constantly picking it up. Steve - you are a man of impeccable taste. What is the overall length of that short sword? Is it possible to purchase one like it?
 
How do you get your blades to polish so nice? What do you do dip them in molten glass?
 
Azis: How do you get your blades to polish so nice? What do you do dip them in molten glass?

MY RESPONSE: I cannot answer for Steve - I really don't know, but on a related topic, I bought some Renwax and polished my 15" Sirupati khukri with it and it is just beautiful. I leave it out of it's case now so I can look at it whenever I'm in the same room.
 
Beautiful!

Mine has the same charred wood smell to it. (I like the smell). I wonder if there is another reason?
 
Make that three that smell smoky... :D Steve, that's awful pretty. :) If you spray a mirror polish HI with brake cleaner (degreaser) they turn ultra-mirror.

These were gorgeous; what were they called in the DotD thread? Short sword? I don't remember. They handle really, really well. Haven't seen them again.


Mike
 
Beautiful pictures, thank you Steve
 
Bura really makes a beautiful sword, eh? I didn't do much to the blade. Just hit it lightly with a loose muslin buffing wheel loaded with "Scratchless Pink" buffing compound. It was already mirror polished. Buffers scare the hell out of me. They can throw a blade like a bullet. I wear kevlar gloves, and buff down the length, not across, staying away from the edge. But 99.9% of the polish came from Bura. After buffing, I coated everything with Renaissance Wax then wiped it off with an old tshirt.

Johnny, it's 27 1/2" overall length.

Another reason it looks so shiny is the method of photography. I was outside under a big oak tree. I waited about 30 minutes for a cloud to go over to block the direct sun. The reflections in the blade are the tree branches.

Thanks again Yangdu, for bringing these beautiful pieces of functional art to us! :thumbup:

Steve

Edit: I like the charred wood smell too. Smells like incense.
Another photo editing tip. I think this came from Dan Koster maybe. If using Photoshop, I ususally click "Filter" "Sharpen" as the last thing before saving the picture.
 
Very beautiful Steve. The whole rig is breathtaking.

The buffer is the most dangerous tool in any shop. Your fear is very appropriate.
 
aproy1101 said:
Very beautiful Steve. The whole rig is breathtaking.

The buffer is the most dangerous tool in any shop. Your fear is very appropriate.
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That's why you always hire the local paperboy to do the buffing for you!

Yep, the polish on this blade is, I think ... for lack of a better word... DIZZYING.
 
That's easily one of the prettiest blades I've ever seen. Outstanding photography as well. Thanks for posting that Steve. :thumbup:
 
Steve, great pics. Did you do a light tru-oil finish to the wood scabbard and handle?

Beautiful work as always. :thumbup:

Norm
 
Svashtar said:
Steve, great pics. Did you do a light tru-oil finish to the wood scabbard and handle?

Beautiful work as always. :thumbup:

Norm
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Thanks Norm. Around 15 coats. Almost filled the pores in the wood of the handle.

Steve
 
Tru-oil?

Hmmmm, wonder if that'll do good for my hardwood Eskrima sticks? (Brazilian Rosewood)

But- don't want those babies to slip out of my hand whilst performing some Sinawali drills or

something, lol... that would be quite a blunt projectile that's bound to hit the sliding glass door!

Thx for sharing, ~J.
 
Grappler, It came this way. 408, the rosewood is so naturally oily that I think I would keep them natural.
Steve
 
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