A "new" Luzon bolo enter the collection

[JeffS]

Wasn't there a discussion here on these "cut" style blade tips previously? I can't seem to find it. Curious as to why this feature is found on bolos across Luzon.

[xasterix]

Originally Posted by JeffS

Wasn't there a discussion here on these "cut" style blade tips previously? I can't seem to find it. Curious as to why this feature is found on bolos across Luzon.

There are cut-tip bolos even in Visayas island group, but the most numerous was in Luzon, where the Spanish government implemented several bando to keep the natives from having competent weapons. Each bando usually covered a city or group of cities, with specific restrictions regarding the allowed bolo length for utility purposes, and the cutting off of piercing tips. As a result, a lot of colonial-era Luzon bolos spawned "cut" versions, which, even after the Spanish era, continued to be produced side-by-side with the "uncut" versions

[Battara]

Yes and Filipinos were too good with their intak/bolos making the Spanish afraid of their lethality. So the Spanish forbade them having pointed tip (to my understanding).

Maraming salamat Ray!