Can anyone I.D. this Antique Island Blade? (Kampilan)
 

Hi, all,


Could anyone here please shed some light on what kind of sword this might be, its place of origin and age, if possible? I've seen this style before on the Forum, but cannot for the life of me remember its name or native land.
Any help greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

JRF

You have a kampilan from the Philippines. Not my area but that should get you going with the search function on the forum. :)

This link to the website of one of our forumites may also prove useful: http://home.earthlink.net/~federicom...andiagram.html

And of course wikipedia has a bit of info as well:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kampilan

I added "Kampilan" to the thread title so that it might attract those interested.
It's nice to see that you still have the sheath as many of these don't. Other can tell you more about this. It's not my favorite Philippines blade (i'd rather have a kris any day :shrug: ;) ), but it is a blade that certainly has it's admirers who will no doubt turn up to comment soon. :)

You have indeed a kampilan. Can you please add some more pictures? This would help you to get some more informations. Nice that the scabbard is still present.

Regards,

Detlef

Must be the angle of the photo; the blade appears a bit stumpy . :shrug:

Hello Rick, have had the same impression! ;) So I ask for some more pictures. Direct view on the complete sword and maybe some pictures from the handle and blade would be nice.

Yes the angle of the picture could be skewing the view.

No more pics, sadly
 

Hi, all,
Sorry it's taken so long to respond! Sheeesh.
Fact is, I don't own the kampilan in question. It belongs to an online friend who only sent me the one photo. She had no clue what it was, and so I appreciate all your thoughtful replies. She now knows it's a kampilan, from the Philippines, and that's all she needed.

I'd posted a new thread regarding another blade that I was interested in, but the bidding has shot into the stratosphere, so I'm out of the running. (A very nice, representative sample of the Persian Qajar Khanjar, circa early 20th Century).