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Ben Potter
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 Posted: Tue 16 Jun, 2009 8:46 am Post subject: Filipino style bolo |
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Click on the image to go to the gallery page where the specs. and more pictures are.
Let me know what you think.
Ben Potter Bladesmith
It's not that I would trade my lot
For any other man's,
Nor that I will be ashamed
Of my work torn hands-
For I have chosen the path I tread
Knowing it would be steep,
And I will take the joys thereof
And the consequences reap.
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Mike Capanelli
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| Posted: Tue 16 Jun, 2009 8:58 am Post subject: |
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Very beautiful ben. Then again I've come to expect nothing less. It's really wonderful to be around so many talented artists here such as yourself. Great work. Simple and to the point.
Winter is coming
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Dustin R. Reagan
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| Posted: Tue 16 Jun, 2009 9:28 am Post subject: Re: Filipino style bolo |
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Very nicely done. such clean lines...an authentic bolo look with a touch of something else.
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Leo Todeschini
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Edelizo O. De Lara
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That is a very good work. A bit of a hybrid of the sundang and itak design from the south.
That hilt design is usually used in blades of about 12 inches or less though. The blade from our house bolo was a little over a foot in length and was fitted with the traditional "kamagong" (dark hard-wood) hilt and angled pommel.
...sunt larimae rerum...
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Ben Potter
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| Posted: Thu 18 Jun, 2009 1:44 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for all the kind words.
Edelizo, Do you have any pictures of bolos of other SE Asian blades?
Ben Potter Bladesmith
It's not that I would trade my lot
For any other man's,
Nor that I will be ashamed
Of my work torn hands-
For I have chosen the path I tread
Knowing it would be steep,
And I will take the joys thereof
And the consequences reap.
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