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Me too, cool looking and also fantastic kitchen tools. Indestructible, too. I have a new Old Hickory paring knife I bought a year or to ago, and in comparing it to the paring knife in this set, the older one has better fit and finish. The handle is made from nicer wood with more a more comfortable shape. My new paring knife's tip is blunt, this one's nice and pointy. The quality difference isn't huge but they definitely put less effort into finishing today than they did whenever this set was manufactured.
 
they put far far far far far far far less effort into everything since the industrial revolution--in my explorations of dayak artifacts and other headhunters, the craftsmanship of older pieces has intricacies that modern versions can't even attempt, because of the man hours involved and the life time of skill that probably a handful of people still have on earth-- in india/china almost every single artifact, ethnographically, is reproduced to dupe collectors-- but none of them use the time it would take to weave the patterns with the care those people did, when it was the focus of life. Even in american/ european craftsmanship it is the same, the antiques from the earlier eras tend to last longer, built as if they cared about making it good. and thats true even into the early 1900s when there were still so many real artists creeping around and the factories still had the principle of building to last.

from my understanding today in borneo/ malaysia/ burma etc if you tried to find someone to make you a modern piece of ethnic art, they simply no longer have the skills to manage.
 
That's all true even more so today on everything. We live in a era of accepting junk as ok. Well everyone that is except us who live for HI stuff. Never seen anything HI that could be referred to as junk.

But everything else, cars, appliances, furniture. Just not like it used to be.

Sad really with all the technology we have today we can't duplicate some of the stuff built a 100 years ago.
One specialist doc I visit rarely has an office in an old mansion. I love checking it out, pillars and carvings and mill work that just knocks your socks off. I don't think theres a handful of carpenters around now days that could come close to duplicating it.
 
got around to getting some blades nekkid for Bawanna :)
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Marlin leverguns, two 35 remingtons and a model 39a
 
My of my! That's some interesting stuff. I have a very similar Barong with that same wooden sheath. Blade isn't as pointy but the sheath is a near match.

Very cool.
 
I like em all in that picture 2-8, like the last one too. Heck I love em all. 6 kind of sings. They all sing.
 
dont know why but i just kind like Filipino blades, i started collecting them and suddenly ended up with a whole duffel bag full of em :)
my focus has turned more to newer working blades/weapons that can take abuse, instead of the vintage blades i wouldn't want to mess up too much
thats part of the reason i like HI because they make hardcore blades that are meant to be used.
some of my buying was just to see what i like to practice some sword play with, and personally i found a 18-20 inch blade to be devastating when wielded with one hand
sadly some of my collection has to go as my family has a new member on the way, but there will be days for blade buying soon enough, i have a few models of HI blades i really want..
an ak(maybe 18 inch) a 20 inch sirapati and a 25 inch kobra and a everest katana are all on the list :) kinda want to get my wife and my 6 year old daughter a smaller khuk each from HI
 
You need to sign up for Gold Membership so you can PM and email and stuff. I got no idea what those are even worth but we need to talk. Oh my wife says we really don't need to talk. How'd she know I wanted to talk? Wife's know everything, just ask them.
 
Flower, I just got an email that you sent me a PM but my box was full. I just emptied it so could you try again so I can see what it was. I gotta pay closer attention that PM meter I guess.
 
Place holder for ridiculous things-- I bought a yataghan and a mandau


silver worked yataghan, grip is heavy with silver







Mandau








the full nepali arms? the kora did arrive
 
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I can't even put into words how awesome your collection is Gehazi. That mandau is beautiful, I can see why you want to specialize in them. The Yataghan is awesome too. Do you know where it's from?
 
ottoman empire(as with most yataghans), probably central anatolia, the yataghans varied by region and maker, so you can identify pretty good from there, I have seen lots of these yataghans at antiques dealers, but most have the full silver scabbard, and the inlay intact, I got this one pretty cheap because of the defects on inlay and grip with no sheath.

early 19th but based on a design that goes back all the way to the start of the empire ( examples very much like this one with gold inlay are dated to 1570) this one is clearly a lower tier version of the "fancy silver' design, but it has incredible weight, the grip is all silver or stuffed with lead one-- probably some sort of office blade, the ottomans were very good about clerking it up( at first)
 
Yeah of all the blades I purchased the kora seems the most solid oddly enough, the steel feels like glass under your hand its so smooth and hard, perfect petina , and there is even some red dye left in the eyes of the blade
 
I really think that very few things approach the character of a mandau-- the older ones are even more intricate and involved
 
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