Odd kampilan

xasterix · Today, 10:33 AM

Some notes on this oddity:

-25.5in blade length, 35.5in overall.
-Hilt looks late 1800s.
-Blade is double-edged on the last 5 inches going to tip. The guard looks replaced.
-The guard and bottom part of the pommel 'jaw' is clad in copper-dominant brass.
-The blade has a construction similar to that of "kapit sundang" or clamp-type kris.
-The plate has possible Lontara characters (yet to be studied and translated). There are different (non-mirrored) characters per side.
-There are faint triangular patterns on the nickel-silver cladding indicative of Maranao make.

Comments are welcome.

drac2k · Today, 03:32 PM

Wow;what a beauty!!!!

Today, 10:33 AM	#1
xasterix Member Join Date: Oct 2018 Posts: 656	Odd kampilan Some notes on this oddity: -25.5in blade length, 35.5in overall. -Hilt looks late 1800s. -Blade is double-edged on the last 5 inches going to tip. The guard looks replaced. -The guard and bottom part of the pommel 'jaw' is clad in copper-dominant brass. -The blade has a construction similar to that of "kapit sundang" or clamp-type kris. -The plate has possible Lontara characters (yet to be studied and translated). There are different (non-mirrored) characters per side. -There are faint triangular patterns on the nickel-silver cladding indicative of Maranao make. Comments are welcome. Attached Images Last edited by xasterix; Today at 02:15 PM.

Today, 03:32 PM	#2
drac2k Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 1,232	Wow;what a beauty!!!!