Luzon bolo for identification

[Sajen]

Here a picture together with my other middle sized bolos from Luzon.
From up to down:
1. Pampanga, Apalit
2. Ilocos Sur
3. Pampanga
4. Bulacan, Meycauayan
5. Pampanga
6. Ilocos Norte
7. Pangasinan

Correct me when I am wrong!

[Sajen]

And here with scabbards, so far present.

[JeffS]

Nice collection! You get a nice glow with the horn handles. What do you treat them with?

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by JeffS

Nice collection! You get a nice glow with the horn handles. What do you treat them with?

Thank you Jeff! Wood, horn and ivory I rub with linseed oil. The leather scabbards I polish with shoe polish.

Regards,
Detlef

[xasterix]

Originally Posted by Sajen

Here a picture together with my other middle sized bolos from Luzon.
From up to down:
1. Pampanga, Apalit
2. Ilocos Sur
3. Pampanga
4. Bulacan, Meycauayan
5. Pampanga
6. Ilocos Norte
7. Pangasinan

Correct me when I am wrong!

Halloo Detlef. With my current knowledge, I would classify these as:

1. Tayabas, Quezon (with that brass-encased ricasso consistently attributed to Quezon samples) - "Dahong buho" ("thin bamboo leaf") profile
2. Calasiao, Pangasinan - (sorry, haven't verified this profile yet)
3. Apalit, Pampanga - "Palang" blade profile
4. Meycauayan, Bulacan - (sorry, can't remember this blade profile just yet)
5. Tagalog area, probably Rizal (differentiated from Pampanga because of the hilt- Bulacan/Pampanga hilts usually have a bulge in the middle of the sandwich config)- "Putol na dahong kogon" ("Broken cogon leaf") profile
6. Tayabas, Quezon (hilt config, carving, guard, ricasso consistently attributed to Quezon) - "Matandang dahong palay" ("old rice leaf") blade profile
7. Calasiao, Pangasinan- "Barang" blade profile

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by xasterix

Halloo Detlef. With my current knowledge, I would classify these as:

1. Tayabas, Quezon (with that brass-encased ricasso consistently attributed to Quezon samples) - "Dahong buho" ("thin bamboo leaf") profile
2. Calasiao, Pangasinan - (sorry, haven't verified this profile yet)
3. Apalit, Pampanga - "Palang" blade profile
4. Meycauayan, Bulacan - (sorry, can't remember this blade profile just yet)
5. Tagalog area, probably Rizal (differentiated from Pampanga because of the hilt- Bulacan/Pampanga hilts usually have a bulge in the middle of the sandwich config)- "Putol na dahong kogon" ("Broken cogon leaf") profile
6. Tayabas, Quezon (hilt config, carving, guard, ricasso consistently attributed to Quezon) - "Matandang dahong palay" ("old rice leaf") blade profile
7. Calasiao, Pangasinan- "Barang" blade profile

Thank you very much Xas, great help!

Regards,
Detlef

[xasterix]

Originally Posted by Sajen

Thank you very much Xas, great help!

Regards,
Detlef

Greetings Detlef. I just updated my knowledge thanks to some recent provenanced samples. Please bear with me as I correct some previous IDs.

1. Quezon
2. [correction] Pangasinan
3. Pampanga
4. [correction] Bulacan OR Pampanga
5. [correction] Northern Luzon
6. Quezon
7. Pangasinan

[Sajen]

Hello Xas,

Thank you very much for the update!

Best,
Detlef