Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - A Kampilan blade

KuKulzA28 · 13th March 2011, 12:05 AM

So I saw this blade for about $5 (in USD) I think...
and I recognized the shape immediately! And of course, I bought it.

It's a relatively unremarkable blade, not very thick, long, has that characteristic spike, lines on the tang, and an interesting golden dot near the base. But despite it's plain-ness, I still wonder and have questions...

Could the dot be a brass or bronze insert? What is it for? The lines on the tang - why? The small bumps on the spike, what do they mean? Where do you guys think this kampilan blade is from? Mindanao? Timor? Sulawesi? How old? Before WW2? Post-WW2? A couple years ago?

Here's some pictures, hope to take better ones tomorrow...

13th March 2011, 12:05 AM	#1
KuKulzA28 Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: between work and sleep Posts: 731	A Kampilan blade - from where? So I saw this blade for about $5 (in USD) I think... and I recognized the shape immediately! And of course, I bought it. It's a relatively unremarkable blade, not very thick, long, has that characteristic spike, lines on the tang, and an interesting golden dot near the base. But despite it's plain-ness, I still wonder and have questions... Could the dot be a brass or bronze insert? What is it for? The lines on the tang - why? The small bumps on the spike, what do they mean? Where do you guys think this kampilan blade is from? Mindanao? Timor? Sulawesi? How old? Before WW2? Post-WW2? A couple years ago? Here's some pictures, hope to take better ones tomorrow...