31st March 2021, 09:10 AM | #1 |
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BINAKUKO BOLO
Hi,
my 3rd blade for sharing. The first picture shows a newly commissioned Antipolo binakuko (sinanbartolome). This is called the 'matandang binakuko'blade profile- meaning, the standard, old profile of this bolo type. Blade is 16 inches long. The one at the botom is a newly-acquired 'matandang binakuko.' Blade is 12.5 inches long. There is a maker mark on the blade, which, suggests that this blade was made by Mr. Catalino Cahanap- the one who taught bladesmithing to a renowned bladesmith, Ka Botog, and a Mr. Tokang Leis. This piece of info was relayed to me by a bladesmith in Antipolo currently restoring this lovely bolo. Enjoy, Yves |
31st March 2021, 11:01 AM | #2 |
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Yves,
Thanks for showing your Antipolo bolos. I have a smaller version with a nice horse head hilt carved from horn. Ian. . |
31st March 2021, 12:56 PM | #3 |
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binakuko bolo
Hi,
lovely sinan-kabalyo(like a horse) piece. Do you know who the bladesmith is? If im not mistaken, he's from the area of Morong(?) in Rizal. Regards Yves |
31st March 2021, 04:38 PM | #4 | |
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I beieve it's from Binangonan, Rizal. My family lineage extends to that area, and I've seen blades with the same scabbard style as horsey there I used to own two blades that came from Binangonan too in the 70s...exact scabbard style. |
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1st April 2021, 12:37 PM | #5 |
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Hi xas. Yep, still got him!
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7th April 2021, 03:14 AM | #6 |
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Hi,
My father and I went to Morong days ago to pick up a bolo made by a local artisan there. Showed him the blade, which is supposedly, from Binangonan. Yes, that style is Binangonan -but we also forge the same style here. Since Binangonan and Morong are adjacent to each other, it may not be a surprise that the same 'type' of blade is forged on either areas. The only way, my artisan says, to determine where the blade is forged is to know the name of the bladesmith, hence, the provenance of the blade. Rgds Yves |
7th April 2021, 07:38 AM | #7 | |
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