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Offline Double D

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« on: June 22, 2006, 02:38:48 PM »
It seems to me a while back somebody posted something about lantaka's and and how to tell fakes from real.  Does anyone remember that and can refresh my memory?
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« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2006, 07:31:29 PM »
But I Will say being near a lantaka is a scary thing! it looks like they could do more damage to your ship than the other guy's!
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What is a LANTAKA?
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2006, 08:36:58 PM »
Just curious...
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« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2006, 10:19:24 PM »
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« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2006, 11:48:23 PM »
That looks like the 'presentation'  or 'commerative' model.
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« Reply #5 on: June 23, 2006, 07:24:17 AM »
Some nice antique cannons, lantakas, at this link:

http://www.kwsantiques.de/english/eframe.html
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« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2006, 04:45:39 PM »
Check this site from The Antique Cannon Superstore:           http://bronzecannon.net/fake_cannons.htm
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« Reply #7 on: July 01, 2006, 09:46:47 PM »
A lantaka is a highly decorated, long-in-proportion-to-bore cannon indigenous to the far eastern islands such as the Philippines and Indonesia.  As is usual in most enterprises, there are better ones and worse ones.  They are apparently collected with some fervor; at least enough that some people are faking lantakas to get in on the action.
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