leather sheath

Bill · 5th August 2005, 02:17 AM

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1 I'm sure this one is not from the Philippines, but the sheath sure looks like the ones that come from 1900 Luzon. Was this type of sheath common in both 19thC Europe & America? Did the Filipinos copy from Americans or earlier, from the Spanish? Is the leather belt catch on wooden Visayan sheaths a copy from the leather sheaths of Luzon? Just trying to figure when that leather belt catch may have first appeared on PI sheaths.

5th August 2005, 02:17 AM	#1
Bill Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Chicago area Posts: 327	leather sheath http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1 I'm sure this one is not from the Philippines, but the sheath sure looks like the ones that come from 1900 Luzon. Was this type of sheath common in both 19thC Europe & America? Did the Filipinos copy from Americans or earlier, from the Spanish? Is the leather belt catch on wooden Visayan sheaths a copy from the leather sheaths of Luzon? Just trying to figure when that leather belt catch may have first appeared on PI sheaths.