Kampilan dimension help please

tom hyle · 11th February 2011, 07:32 PM

Cross-section of originals I've handled is flat with an edge bevel at the base, with an unsharp rear bevel appearing towards the tip for a smoothly humped cross-section that is thin at both edges though sharp only at the front. This is the cutting area; thin and quite flexible.
My kampilan has a 31 inch blade, and even that seems a bit on the long side, averages-wise, but these blades would originally have been made to fit the user by some sort of biometric under which a modern person of European (for instance) ancestry might should properly use a considerably larger sword.

tom hyle · 20th February 2011, 02:04 AM

30 1/2" blade balance point is 7" in front of guard

imas560 · 21st February 2011, 04:38 AM

thanks Tom

11th February 2011, 07:32 PM	#1
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	Cross-section of originals I've handled is flat with an edge bevel at the base, with an unsharp rear bevel appearing towards the tip for a smoothly humped cross-section that is thin at both edges though sharp only at the front. This is the cutting area; thin and quite flexible. My kampilan has a 31 inch blade, and even that seems a bit on the long side, averages-wise, but these blades would originally have been made to fit the user by some sort of biometric under which a modern person of European (for instance) ancestry might should properly use a considerably larger sword.

20th February 2011, 02:04 AM	#2
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	30 1/2" blade balance point is 7" in front of guard

21st February 2011, 04:38 AM	#3
imas560 Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 180	thanks Tom