Moro Kampilan for comment!!!

philkid · 2nd August 2005, 06:00 PM

Hi, I have here a very rusted kampilan which was consigned to me by the owner. I have doubts though about weather it is a recently made kampilan or an old one(the owner told me it is old). I just wanna confirm with you guys of the validity of this sword. I had this doubt when I cleaned the blade(of course with the owners permission), I noticed the upper layer of the blade got removed together with the rust as shown on the pics below. The owner told me he buried it on 1990's when the Philippine government were at war with Muslim rebels and terrorist of fear that soldiers might take. Also, all of the kampilans I have handled before has 2 holes on the handguard or is fitted with iron. But this one has none. Any comment + or - would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

2nd August 2005, 06:00 PM	#1
philkid Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Philippines Posts: 52	Moro Kampilan for comment!!! Hi, I have here a very rusted kampilan which was consigned to me by the owner. I have doubts though about weather it is a recently made kampilan or an old one(the owner told me it is old). I just wanna confirm with you guys of the validity of this sword. I had this doubt when I cleaned the blade(of course with the owners permission), I noticed the upper layer of the blade got removed together with the rust as shown on the pics below. The owner told me he buried it on 1990's when the Philippine government were at war with Muslim rebels and terrorist of fear that soldiers might take. Also, all of the kampilans I have handled before has 2 holes on the handguard or is fitted with iron. But this one has none. Any comment + or - would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Attached Images