Hinalung or Pinahig

[Battara]

Ian would you date this to around the 1950s?

[JeffS]

Here is a shot looking at the base of the hilt. I haven't found a picture of non-socketed version from this perspective yet so not sure if this is typical construction style. It doesn't seem to have much age. I've also added a shot of the other side

[Ian]

Originally Posted by Battara

Ian would you date this to around the 1950s?

Hard to say, Jose. Perhaps mid-to late-20th C. I don't have a clear idea of when these dedicated hinalung daggers were first produced. The pictures added by Jeff show clearly that the hilt has a wooden core, much like the pinahig usually has, although I also have several pinahig that have a socketed hilt like a typical hinalung.