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Old 7th October 2008, 08:50 PM   #1
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Hi all,

I just came back from a visit of a friend who had a nice kampilan with a stamp in the blade.
It was stamped from both sides near the handle with WCCO? (if I am not mistaken).
I know of barongblades which are made in china were signed with chinese marks. But I never saw a kampilan blade with stamp.
Anyone knows anything about the WCCO-mark?

Unfortunately no pics yet!

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Old 7th October 2008, 09:20 PM   #2
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Default WCCO

If my memory serves me well there was another mention of this mark by a member last year or there abouts, it was a brass handled shamshir looking sword that was found on ebay. At the time is was thought to be a WOOO mark.

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...highlight=WOOO

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Old 7th October 2008, 09:27 PM   #3
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If my memory serves me well there was another mention of this mark by a member last year or there abouts, it was a brass handled shamshir looking sword that was found on ebay. At the time is was thought to be a WOOO mark.

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...highlight=WOOO

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Thanks Gav for the reply.
I sent Hans an email to put some pics in this thread.

It could be the same mark on the thread you refers to.

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Old 7th October 2008, 11:40 PM   #4
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Hello Maurice,

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I just came back from a visit of a friend who had a nice kampilan with a stamp in the blade.
Any signs of lamination?

Not too long ago there was a kampilan on offer with LONDON stamped at the base of the blade (I'll try to post a pic). Seems like European companies exported blades close enough to local specifications that these ended up in genuine ethnographic pieces.


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Anyone knows anything about the WCCO-mark?
Could the last be 0 (zero) rather than O? From the pic on the other thread, I believe that the middle letters were not O (maybe C, maybe something else...).

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Old 8th October 2008, 09:12 PM   #5
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Any signs of lamination?

Not too long ago there was a kampilan on offer with LONDON stamped at the base of the blade (I'll try to post a pic). Seems like European companies exported blades close enough to local specifications that these ended up in genuine ethnographic pieces.
Hello Kai, it could be that there is lamination. But I am not sure. I asked him to take some pics which will be pasted in this thread.


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Could the last be 0 (zero) rather than O? From the pic on the other thread, I believe that the middle letters were not O (maybe C, maybe something else...)..
It could be a zero but I am not sure. But I meant I certain had seen a C and not the O like in WOOO

But the mark in the thread Gav refers to seems like the same mark. Only in the kampilan I saw clearly 2 C's in the middle!

I'll come back with pics on this one!

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Old 11th October 2008, 07:28 PM   #6
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Here are the pics of the whole kampilan, and also of the stamp ofcourse.

When I look at the stamp in the other thread Gav referred to, I see the same spaces between each lettres. So to me it is exactly the same lettres stamped in the blades.
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Old 11th October 2008, 07:41 PM   #7
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Cool WC CO

So I threw it into the search machine thingy and here's what I got :

http://www.watertownhistory.org/Arti...Blacksmith.htm
See the last line .
Seems like it was a fairly large Mfr.
Could also fit the time frame; pre-40's WC CO stamped on the blade as noted .

Soo, the Kampilan blade *could* be a remanufactured machete or implement .

No ?
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Old 12th October 2008, 10:03 AM   #8
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I think you hit the nail right on the head, Rick.
Well done!!
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Old 12th October 2008, 03:29 PM   #9
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So I threw it into the search machine thingy and here's what I got :

http://www.watertownhistory.org/Arti...Blacksmith.htm
Thanks Rick!

Next time I'll use the search machine first!

But now everyone nows were WC CO is standing for! And not the WOOO!!!

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