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Old 12th November 2009, 05:38 PM   #1
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I'm betting the blade was not forged in the Philippines .
This forging style reminds me of a Sasak-or-Sumatran klewang .

Can someone out there please show me another example of a fullered Kampilan blade with exposed pamor-like grain like this one has ?
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We'll just ignore the strangeness of the blade then .
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Old 12th November 2009, 07:20 PM   #2
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We'll just ignore the strangeness of the blade then .
The structure of the blade ( so not the shape) looks like the Celebes and Bugi swords.... but thats just a guess.....

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Old 12th November 2009, 08:54 PM   #3
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All we can do is guess; but I do not believe that blade originated in the Philippines .
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