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Ian · 12th February 2005, 08:33 PM

This one is at least 100 years old and is the best quality Bagobo sword I have handled. Note the precision with which the brass ferrule/guard has been fitted to the wood pommel; the decoration of the brass "nub" at the end of the hilt with the presence of small beads within the "nub" (a favorite Bagobo decoration); the excellent quality blade with fullers and a partly sharpened back edge; and the elaborately decorated scabbard with metal inserts, bifurcated toe, abaca textile wrap (worn smooth from handling), and bead decorations. The scabbard closely resembles examples shown in Krieger's plates, and the hilt is very similar to that of a Bagobo datu's sword shown in Dean Worcester's National Geographic (1913) article on Non-Christian Peoples of the Philippines Islands.

12th February 2005, 08:33 PM	#7
Ian Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Aussie Bush Posts: 4,336	An old Bagobo sword This one is at least 100 years old and is the best quality Bagobo sword I have handled. Note the precision with which the brass ferrule/guard has been fitted to the wood pommel; the decoration of the brass "nub" at the end of the hilt with the presence of small beads within the "nub" (a favorite Bagobo decoration); the excellent quality blade with fullers and a partly sharpened back edge; and the elaborately decorated scabbard with metal inserts, bifurcated toe, abaca textile wrap (worn smooth from handling), and bead decorations. The scabbard closely resembles examples shown in Krieger's plates, and the hilt is very similar to that of a Bagobo datu's sword shown in Dean Worcester's National Geographic (1913) article on Non-Christian Peoples of the Philippines Islands. Attached Images Last edited by Ian; 13th February 2005 at 07:29 AM.