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Potential Katar Run
- Thread starter Cabbit
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Cabbit I don't have any real interest in a Katar but the Barong would be of interest!
Especially one with a 15"-16" blade!!!!
I enquired at EDMF and received an email back that he didn't know about putting a handle on one but that if I drew him a pic he would see about making one!!
Gotta love a place that does business like that! Reminds me of HI!!!!
Don't know what an Espada Y Daga is but I'll Google it as soon as this is posted to find out. 
Edit:
Okay, sword and knife or stick and knife. Now I unnerstan.
Could be lots of interesting styles with that combo! And something else I might be interested in if it was the right combo.
Especially one with a 15"-16" blade!!!!
I enquired at EDMF and received an email back that he didn't know about putting a handle on one but that if I drew him a pic he would see about making one!!
Gotta love a place that does business like that!
Reminds me of HI!!!! Don't know what an Espada Y Daga is but I'll Google it as soon as this is posted to find out.
Edit:
Okay, sword and knife or stick and knife. Now I unnerstan.
Could be lots of interesting styles with that combo! And something else I might be interested in if it was the right combo.
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Cabbit said:
I would be at least mildly interested in any of the above. But they're going to be the Kami's interpretations of the designs. I wonder what they'd make of the separate ganja and single or dual baca-bacas on a vintage moro kris? Would they see the "elephant" area as a cho?
Espada Y Daga refers to short sword and knife. Take a look at the Kris Cutlery web site. They have handmade barongs. I bought a short Japanese sword (wakizashi) and a tanto from them. They are handmade and pretty reasonable. The owner is very helpful, and the two blades that I have are good buys.
I was thinking of a pinuti. It is the long part of the pair that you refer to. It looks really nice on the web site, and I have read good reviews of it.
They differentially temper many of their blades, and you can see the hamon on the two Japanese weapons that I have. They use 5160 steel.
I was thinking of a pinuti. It is the long part of the pair that you refer to. It looks really nice on the web site, and I have read good reviews of it.
They differentially temper many of their blades, and you can see the hamon on the two Japanese weapons that I have. They use 5160 steel.
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I could be persuaded...
Okay so far:
5 Katar
2 Barong
2 Moro Kris
If we went with the Moro Kris, I would be willing to send over an antique one in my collection for them to copy and Kami it up.
I tend to lean away from from the barong and filipino blades though as Arty said there are already companies like Kris Cutlery and Cas Iberia already making excellent pieces.
5 Katar
2 Barong
2 Moro Kris
If we went with the Moro Kris, I would be willing to send over an antique one in my collection for them to copy and Kami it up.
I tend to lean away from from the barong and filipino blades though as Arty said there are already companies like Kris Cutlery and Cas Iberia already making excellent pieces.