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Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 20
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Hi, my friend asked me to upload this image to see if I could find out any information on the weapon... I tried looking through all the Philippine blades on Oriental Arms and a couple of other sites but did not find anything like it. My friend knows nothing about the blade except that the person he purchased it from claimed it had originally come from Mindanao.
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: OKLAHOMA, USA
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THIS IS A NICE EXAMPLE OF WHAT I REFER TO AS A MONSTER HEAD BOLO IT IS NOT A MORO PIECE BUT PROBABLY FROM THE VISAYAN GROUP OF ISLANDS IN THE PHILIPPINES. THE HANDLE COULD REPRESENT A CROCODILE OR A DRAGON OR SOME OTHER MYTHILOGICAL BEAST. YOU CAN SEARCH IN THE OLD FORUM ARCHIVES UNDER BOLO AS THERE WERE SOME GOOD DISCUSSIONS ON BOLO,S THERE IN THE PAST.
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Louisville, KY
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I would also suggest that this is post WWII
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Greensboro, NC
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I wouldn't rule out WWII period on this one. It is of much better quality than the later ones which usually have more cartoonish hilt, less detailed carving in scabbard, lower quality blade, less patina, etc. Jose, have a 2nd look at this one.
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#5 |
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Louisville, KY
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Perhaps, though Rick you must be referring to the "tourist" stuff of later. Some post WWII stuff were still had some quality. There was tourist stuff during this period too.......
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#6 |
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Greensboro, NC
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You make a good point Jose. I think it was Aristotle that once said, "All things of quality are quality regardless of date made. Some items made for tourist market are of quality. Therefore, not all items made for tourist market are not quality and not all items of low quality are of a late date." Or something like that.
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