Klewang/Bolo ID Assist?

tom hyle · 15th February 2005, 01:41 PM

Nothing solid, but my understanding from the beginning has leaned toward this not being the origninal dress, and perhaps not even of the original nation. Are these new pics? I hadn't seen the flat tang. That strenthens its resemblance to the Moro panabas, some of which occasionally have such a tang, and are sometimes mounted as swords. The hollow of the horn is usually filled with wood on long-tang PI pieces, but here there'd be nothing to retain such, so hollow, ala sikkin. BTW I don't think arit/mak is a rice cutting tool; mine is a 3/4"+ iron bar at its base, and the blade itself is thick and solid; my impression is that they are for brush, rattan, etc.

15th February 2005, 01:41 PM	#10
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	Nothing solid, but my understanding from the beginning has leaned toward this not being the origninal dress, and perhaps not even of the original nation. Are these new pics? I hadn't seen the flat tang. That strenthens its resemblance to the Moro panabas, some of which occasionally have such a tang, and are sometimes mounted as swords. The hollow of the horn is usually filled with wood on long-tang PI pieces, but here there'd be nothing to retain such, so hollow, ala sikkin. BTW I don't think arit/mak is a rice cutting tool; mine is a 3/4"+ iron bar at its base, and the blade itself is thick and solid; my impression is that they are for brush, rattan, etc.