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Originally Posted by Battara
The front end could have been broken off in battle or even storage. The holes make the wood more fragile and more easily broken. A natural wood ring could have finally given way. Any number of things but deliberate braking I doubt. This was not made that way, but seeing the remains of holes it was broken off and smoothed out later.
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Hi Jose,
Thanks for your usual edifying comments
So perhaps that's why the Moros prefer using for hilts the huge roots of the 'banati' tree? Because said wood derived from the tree's roots is supposed to be very dense and pliable and not usually breakable.
But not always apparently ... unless my kampilan's hilt is not banati.