Moro swords

[Edmos1212]

Guys, sharing as well my collections of moro swords except for i think 2 items there, the rightmost which is called balisong and the dha sword. The rest are the variants of Barong, Pira and Kampilan. Would need advise on what the brown ala katana/samurai sword is called.

Comments are welcome.

[VANDOO]

I HAVE ONE OF THESE PIRA WITH THE FANCY HORN HANDLE I BOUGHT MINE AROUND 10 YEARS AGO FROM A SELLER IN PANAY. I LIKED THE WORK DONE ON THE HORN HANDLE AND THE SCABBARD THE BLADE WAS A LITTLE THIN BUT WAS WELL MADE TOO. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THESE WERE BEING MADE AND HAVE NOT SEEN ANY FOR SALE FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS NOW BUT I DO LIKE MINE.
ONCE AGAIN A NICE REPRESENTATION OF INTERESTING VARIATIONS OF PHILIPPINE FORMS AS WELL AS A FEW OTHER COUNTRIES. I AM ASSUMING THESE ARE ALL LIKELY MADE AFTER WW2 SO IT IS A GOOD COLLECTION REPRESENTING THAT PERIOD. THE USE OF EDGED WEAPONS HAS CHANGED IN THE SOCIETY BUT STILL HAS A PLACE IN TRADITION, CEREMONY AND TRADE/COMERCE TODAY. SO WE DO NEED TO SEE THESE NEWER VARIATIONS AS WELL AS THE OLD PERIOD PIECES. 100 YEARS FROM NOW THESE POST WW2 ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED OLD.

[Andrew]

Originally Posted by Edmos1212

Guys, sharing as well my collections of moro swords except for i think 2 items there, the rightmost which is called balisong and the dha sword. The rest are the variants of Barong, Pira and Kampilan. Would need advise on what the brown ala katana/samurai sword is called.

Comments are welcome.

The "dha" is a contemporary Thai daab (or "dahb"). Post WWII, as Barry indicates, and likely post Vietnam War.