Thread: Luzon or Panay?
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Old 15th December 2024, 06:51 PM   #10
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That the clip point has been around for a long time is also indisputable. For example, the Laguiole was first produced at around the same time as the first Bowie and clip point navajas go back further than that.
All of the above notwithstanding, I don’t have any fixed blade/cross guard/clip point knives from the Philippines in my collection (about 20 all toll) that I would date to before WWII nor have I ever seen any. Does anyone have an example to show us?
Here you go Rob! From my collection, around 1900 (my guess), Luzon.

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