How do you classify Philippines swords

Antonio Cejunior · 8th November 2005, 03:25 AM

Greetings everyone,

I was wondering about the following.
If you would have to establish a methodology for organizing Philippines Edged Weapons into a comprehensible system, how would you do? In other words:

a. How much main variation is there in the weapons according to regions?

1. Are Moro weapons different from other regions?

2. What are the main entirely native weapons variations? Keris/kris, Kampilan, Bolo, Barung? What else?

3. Have the meeting with the Spanish resulted in specific sword shapes or they are more of a result of casual hybridation?

Thank you all for any enlightment

8th November 2005, 03:25 AM	#1
Antonio Cejunior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Macau Posts: 294	How do you classify Philippines swords Greetings everyone, I was wondering about the following. If you would have to establish a methodology for organizing Philippines Edged Weapons into a comprehensible system, how would you do? In other words: a. How much main variation is there in the weapons according to regions? 1. Are Moro weapons different from other regions? 2. What are the main entirely native weapons variations? Keris/kris, Kampilan, Bolo, Barung? What else? 3. Have the meeting with the Spanish resulted in specific sword shapes or they are more of a result of casual hybridation? Thank you all for any enlightment