It's not much...

I'll put them up when they're done...
Just read page 20- the old keris seem to delaminate because they do get re-etched, I think. One of the laminate alloys is very reactive. Some I've seen have multiple edges from this.
 
to continue my head hunter saga-- this is from luzon phillipines its called a Kalinga --just finished payments on this should arrive next week :D



 
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The original tactical tomahawk? I gotta ponder that one awhile, not sure how it's applied.
 
was a tool as well, not just weapon, they used it to farm and cut wood as well as fight , far as I understand
 
Wow, that's gotta be your best mandau yet. Congrats! I love the figures carved into the hilt. I've never heard of a kalinga before. Very cool

This of course in no way compares to the incredible stuff Gehazi's posting, but I did make an interesting discovery about my "child's" rapier. According to this site, you're supposed to hold this kind of sword with three fingers through the grip and one finger through the loop under the cup to give you better control. If I hold mine like that, it fits my hand just fine...

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So I think I can put the "child's sword" theory to bed. It's still obviously not the real deal, but it must be a decorative replica of some sort.
 
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Oh Man it was you! It was on hold i figured it might be you! Thats so cool! More pic when you get it please:thumbup:
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to continue my head hunter saga-- this is from luzon phillipines its called a Kalinga --just finished payments on this should arrive next week :D



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lol ndog, erik is the best , honestly if you ever want to buy a high quality antique, he will work with you and give good terms, many things totally out of my reach he made possible for me to own, I have paid on this kalinga since january---and yes blue those are hands down best mandau I have gotten opportunity on.
 
Those Igorot axed are what my 'hawks are based on-missed a chance on a real one a couple years ago-for $25... Who's a dummy??
 
Good find on that detail Blue, But now you don't even know if it was made by a swordmaker or a decorator. :(
Ah well, still finding more and more info than I ever would have figured out.

Gehazi, that is truely strange looking. Sort of a pickaxe but melded together in a vision that seems wrong to those of us who didn't grow up speaking tagalog eh?
I thought Kalinga was the name of a region in North East India. Wonder if there is any relationship with this weapon/tool. btw I just saw something interesting. THe one of these I saw for sale says it was "collected by a Missionary in 1800s" I guess that is one Missionary who is glad the collecting went that direction instead of the Headhunter using the Kalinga to "collect" the Missionary's head LOL.
 
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most of the stuff I collect ( the best stuff) was collected by missionaries-- or at least thats what all the antique dealers say :D, hmmm the names do get funky--it is definitely a igorot axe from luzon, perhaps kalinga means axe in india? dunno really , but I want to get the other one from the same dealer, he has one of very high quality but without any brasswork-- so if anyone is looking for one you better go over the summer as my funds recover , otherwise its mine!

I cant remember if it was a salesman or my old man who told me to try and buy the best I could when I could :D-- above axe , the kora sword and all the 3 mandau are from same dealer, who has been very generous with me by letting me pay over time.
 
And thus ends my love affair with Pichok knives. At least from this dealer.

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For one it's the wrong model - the one I ordered had brass colored furniture and the blade tip was upswept. Secondly, it snapped in half in shipping! The bolster is hollow.

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I don't think I'm going to have any luck returning the dang thing, so I think I'll attempt to repair it. Does anybody have any suggestions? I think I'll just fill the bolster with epoxy and stick the handle back on. The horn handle doesn't actually go in to the bolster, it just sits on the end of it, so I don't know how sturdy it'll end up being. I don't need it to baton through firewood or anything, but I would like it to be strong enough to pry some frozen pieces of meat apart without popping in two.
 
I'd try to solder or braze another piece of metal to that stub. Drill out the handle some and then epoxy or acraglas the whole thing together.

The other option might be to drill and set a bunch of pins, like 16d nails into the handle around the center, then fill the bolster with epoxy or acraglas and set the handle and pins into that so they got something to hang onto.

I imagine any balance would be out the window but at least it would be strong.
 
Pins sound like a good idea. The horn handle is filled with some sort of epoxy already but I could drill it out.

Or maybe I should just get a thin piece of metal pipe to make a "collar" that connects the two broken parts of the tang. Then just fill the bolster with epoxy and let it sit.
 
Aw, I see now, that piece sticking out is the other end of the tang that just broke off........................

You collar idea seems to have merit but I'd probably try to hog out some of the horn around the tang to get more of that collar down into the handle some more. Might be semi tricky to get the collar filled with expoxy along with the bolster, but maybe not, there's not much void in the handle. You could even epoxy the collar on the handle end and let it set, the fill it and attach to the blade.
 
That's a good idea, but I better check with a magnet first to see how far down the tang goes. I don't want to accidentally dig the tang out completely.
 
Sorry to see that this one doesn't appear to be quite the reliable knife you had hoped.

I think the pins idea is still better than the collar? The only reason I say that is even with the collar you are still relying on the rest of the tang being sturdier than the part of it that broke. With the pins it should actually be much more robust especially if you fill the bolster with acraglas to surround them and fill it. At that point the bolster will be sturdy and the pins will hold the handle on better than the single broken tang probably anyways. Arent those the ones made from the Auto piston? Seems like not all piston shafts are made for re-tempering well.
 
When I was playing around with my first pichok knife I noticed that the steel was very resistant to scratching, much more so than a HI khukri. I think the steel in the "body" of the blade is hardened more than a khukri, which is of course a bad thing for a chopping knife but probably doesn't matter much for a slicing knife. So maybe they made the tang too hard and brittle and it snapped during shipping.
 
If you can weld, or know someone who can, I would weld an extension on the tang and reassemble. (I did this on the first khuk I made-long story, but through being in a hurry I broke the tang). I clamped the blade in a vise as a heat sink to protect the heat treat, rewelded the tang and shortened the blade a bit to put the weld farrher away from the blade/tang juncture. Lost an inch and a half of length, but it's held up.
On a little slicer you might not even need to do that.
 
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