Chisel edge on Filipino Blades

[FilAmfighter1]

I walking to a friend of mine who comes from the mountains of Cebu. I have a Pinute that came from his region. It has wood two piece wood scabbard. The orginal was badley cracked so I made a copy of it. He said the blade is like shovel it was tool and for personal protection. I asked him why the blades only have a bevel on one side. He said that the blades are made for a person and they are made for someone who is right handed or left handed depending upon who the blade was made for. He said that the blade was carried with you when you went watch the Cock fights that why the wood scabbard has a roosters head as the shape. He also said that the beveled blade would serve as a draw knife around your farm. As an experiment being a skilled wood worker, I tried it as draw knife and it worked great. I was able to peel bark and shape very well with good control. Has anybody else hear of this with blades from Asian Pacific island groups?

[Bill M]

I have a PI blade that someone said might be for a left hand person. How do you tell which side the bevel is on as relates to the left or right hand of a person?

[spiral]

Hi Bill, Practicality of use always means a bevel on the right hand side of a blade when facing away from oneself equals right handed use, left hand side equals left hand use. Ive seen it on some old custom blades from skandanavia & also on mandau & a couple of other unusual ethnographic blades rumured at the time to be from to be from Assam.

Theres nothing as sharp as a one sided bevel, There more easily damaged though!

Spiral

[Bill M]

Originally Posted by spiral

Hi Bill, Practicality of use always means a bevel on the right hand side of a blade when facing away from oneself equals right handed use, left hand side equals left hand use. Ive seen it on some old custom blades from skandanavia & also on mandau & a couple of other unusual ethnographic blades rumured at the time to be from to be from Assam.

Theres nothing as sharp as a one sided bevel, There more easily damaged though!

Spiral

Thanks JS and LL

Then this one of mine is a lefty!

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...hlight=talibon

Guess that makes it even more rare! One of my favorite pieces. Thanks again CharleS

[Rick]

Originally Posted by Bill Marsh

Thanks JS and LL

Then this one of mine is a lefty!

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...hlight=talibon

Guess that makes it even more rare! One of my favorite pieces. Thanks again CharleS

Actually your's Bill is the only Lefty one shown .

The lower one in post 4 is a right-handed example .
The bevel is gentle and convex and starts at the spine unlike most ground bevels .

The photo fools the eye .

[migueldiaz]

Originally Posted by Rick

Actually your's Bill is the only Lefty one shown .

The lower one in post 4 is a right-handed example .
The bevel is gentle and convex and starts at the spine unlike most ground bevels .

The photo fools the eye .

Thanks Rick for pointing that out

Can you please show us a pic of that talibong from another angle that shows that gentle convex bevel? Additionally and if it's not too much to ask, can you pls. show us also a close up of the pommel? Thanks in advance!

[migueldiaz]

If the bevel is on the right side (e.g., talibong without scabbard below), it's for a right-handed person. Thus the talibong with the scabbard (bevel is on the left) is for the southpaw

[migueldiaz]

Of course we all want to forget those physics equation

But for those interested on that aspect, earlier a friend referred me to this site. The illustration there explains the principle:

[migueldiaz]

part 2 of 3:

[migueldiaz]

3rd of 3 parts ... and i'm out of here!

[KuKulzA28]

Great info, thanks guys!