Chisel edge on Filipino Blades

[Bill M]

I have a PI blade that someone said might be for a left hand person. How do you tell which side the bevel is on as relates to the left or right hand of a person?

[spiral]

Hi Bill, Practicality of use always means a bevel on the right hand side of a blade when facing away from oneself equals right handed use, left hand side equals left hand use. Ive seen it on some old custom blades from skandanavia & also on mandau & a couple of other unusual ethnographic blades rumured at the time to be from to be from Assam.

Theres nothing as sharp as a one sided bevel, There more easily damaged though!

Spiral

[Bill M]

Originally Posted by spiral

Hi Bill, Practicality of use always means a bevel on the right hand side of a blade when facing away from oneself equals right handed use, left hand side equals left hand use. Ive seen it on some old custom blades from skandanavia & also on mandau & a couple of other unusual ethnographic blades rumured at the time to be from to be from Assam.

Theres nothing as sharp as a one sided bevel, There more easily damaged though!

Spiral

Thanks JS and LL

Then this one of mine is a lefty!

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...hlight=talibon

Guess that makes it even more rare! One of my favorite pieces. Thanks again CharleS

[Rick]

Originally Posted by Bill Marsh

Thanks JS and LL

Then this one of mine is a lefty!

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...hlight=talibon

Guess that makes it even more rare! One of my favorite pieces. Thanks again CharleS

Actually your's Bill is the only Lefty one shown .

The lower one in post 4 is a right-handed example .
The bevel is gentle and convex and starts at the spine unlike most ground bevels .

The photo fools the eye .

[migueldiaz]

Originally Posted by Rick

Actually your's Bill is the only Lefty one shown .

The lower one in post 4 is a right-handed example .
The bevel is gentle and convex and starts at the spine unlike most ground bevels .

The photo fools the eye .

Thanks Rick for pointing that out

Can you please show us a pic of that talibong from another angle that shows that gentle convex bevel? Additionally and if it's not too much to ask, can you pls. show us also a close up of the pommel? Thanks in advance!

[Rick]

Your wish is my command .
Even in -0c temps .
Brrrrr .

[migueldiaz]

Originally Posted by Rick

Your wish is my command .
Even in -0c temps .
Brrrrr .

Nice pics, and many thanks indeed, sir!

Technically speaking thus, would that mean then that that talibong has a combination of flat grind and convex grind, and it's not a chisel grind after all, as explained here? In any case, it looks like for some the convex grind is a cut above the rest.

[migueldiaz]

If the bevel is on the right side (e.g., talibong without scabbard below), it's for a right-handed person. Thus the talibong with the scabbard (bevel is on the left) is for the southpaw

[migueldiaz]

Of course we all want to forget those physics equation

But for those interested on that aspect, earlier a friend referred me to this site. The illustration there explains the principle:

[migueldiaz]

part 2 of 3:

[migueldiaz]

3rd of 3 parts ... and i'm out of here!