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zelbone · 4th November 2006, 02:38 AM

Hi Ian!
Well since those swords I posted aren't pointed I didn't want to call them matulis.....which means pointed in tagalog.

Tabak is the term I've heard referred to these types, but could also describe other blade forms. Sticking with tagalog I probably also would have just called them itak, or if I was in Batangas, gulok. But Luzon sandata isn't my specialty. Tabak possibly could have been derived from tobacco...Tabacalara is the largest cigar manufacturer in the Philippines ( the 1881 Robusto reminds me of a Partagas #10.)

Zel

4th November 2006, 02:38 AM	#8
zelbone Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: VISAYAS and MINDANAO Posts: 169	Hi Ian! Well since those swords I posted aren't pointed I didn't want to call them matulis.....which means pointed in tagalog. Tabak is the term I've heard referred to these types, but could also describe other blade forms. Sticking with tagalog I probably also would have just called them itak, or if I was in Batangas, gulok. But Luzon sandata isn't my specialty. Tabak possibly could have been derived from tobacco...Tabacalara is the largest cigar manufacturer in the Philippines ( the 1881 Robusto reminds me of a Partagas #10.) Zel