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17th September 2006, 04:09 PM | #1 |
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Two Luzon pieces for ID
I did quite a bit of searching through the forum but couldnt find anything that closely resembled either of these.Anyone know what these are called/who used them?
The larger one is huge {relatively}, the grip is the biggest of any of my PI pieces.the ferrule and the pommel are copper on this one,which seemed a little unusual to me. 25.75in overall The small one is 16in overall,but the tip is snapped off,it has seen a lot of use/abuse.I read that some of these were used to split wood,by hammering on the spine of the knife with a rock,this seems applicable to this one, to me. Last edited by Justin; 17th September 2006 at 10:48 PM. |
17th September 2006, 06:45 PM | #2 |
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Zelbone and Labantayo (and even Ian) could give you better ID for these. I know that they are from Luzon (like you mentioned in the title) and would venture a guess of Batangas based on the handles.
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17th September 2006, 08:50 PM | #3 |
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Hello Justin,
The smaller knife seems too small to be routinely used for wood chopping/splitting IMHO. Regards, Kai |
17th September 2006, 08:54 PM | #4 |
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Hello Justin,
Here's a little brother of your large blade: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=1735 Regards, Kai |
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