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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Toronto, Canada
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Hello,
Here is another unknown (to me) weapon http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1 I find it very beautiful, especially the nicely carved hilt, but I have no idea what it is. The base of the blade looks like it has some ricikan, so It may be from the Indo-Malay archippelago, and it has a Filipino look about it. I noticed some forum members bid on and won it, could you comment on it? Thanks and regards, Manolo |
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Houston, TX, USA
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Southern PI, I think, though I'd love some solid/specific information. The pommel is a stylized animal head (bat?), and the sword might be classed as a parang nabur, although the longish clipped tip might not be "right"........? Nice looking sword. The handle is almost certainly horn, rather than wood.
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Louisville, KY
Posts: 7,189
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Some have said in the past PI. I move more towards Indonesia. I have seen these closeup and although it has a certain look, I don't know of any PI piece like it, but more similar pieces from Indonesia. More research will be helpful.
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Houston, TX, USA
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Strongest ID to me of these as PI is the modern chrome plated one I saw with "Phillipines" written in the blade steel. The hilts bear a resemblance to some seen around the Visayan sea....?
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