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|  24th October 2006, 09:57 PM | #1 | 
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			They both look sort of Visayan to me, especially the first one.
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|  25th October 2006, 04:46 PM | #2 | 
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				 |  Visayn 
			
			What does "visayn" mean please ?     | 
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|  25th October 2006, 07:18 PM | #3 | 
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			Visayan Islands Philippines Fenlander. The top piece of Robert's looks reminiscent of a talibon. There is a blade similar to his other one here .   Last edited by Rick; 25th October 2006 at 09:16 PM. | 
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|  26th October 2006, 01:04 AM | #4 | 
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			The Visayan Islands are a group of islands in the middle of the Philippines.  Above them is the island of Luzon and below them is the island of Mindanao.  The Visayans fought along side the Luzonos in the Philippine-American War right after the end of the Spanish-American War.
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|  26th October 2006, 05:46 AM | #5 | |
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  I want to go to the Phillipines in the next few months as I am presently living in Taiwan.  It is very close as you know. | |
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|  30th October 2006, 04:57 PM | #6 | 
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			The narrow one is perhaps a pinuti?  Note it was forged from a rasp.
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