New Visayan Bolo

[Battara]

Originally Posted by Ian

[BTW I see quite a few recent references to Bicol knives and swords on the site. Many of these look like Visayan pieces to me and I am having difficulty reconciling a Bicol origin for them. While I can see some diffusion of styles might occur into Bicol, these recent discussions remind me of similar discussions about 10 years ago when the distinction between Visayan and Batangan knives was a lively topic.

Hi Ian,

Would you provide a link to this discussion. Also, Nacho and Migueldiaz in private communiques informed me that there is a legend of some Borneo dates who came to Panay and then to Bicol, and thus perhaps the reason for similarities in hilt designs.