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Originally Posted by Battara
I agree with Ian. One difference is that in Bicolano pieces the tang goes all the way through the hilt like typical Luzon pieces do. In Visayan pieces I've noticed that the tang does not protrude through the hilt.
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Hi Jose, thank you as well for your thoughts. So what you think the first one coming from? The blade isn't chiseled which is a typical feature of Visayan blades. Waray maybe? But have a look to the this sword from Robert:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ighlight=bicol which seems to be a Bicol sword where the tang also don't go through the hilt.
Second sword from Bikol?
Regards,
Detlef