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My clipped-tip Luzon Matulis
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This is my very plain Luzon Matulis I thought I would share with everybody. Even though it is very plain it is one of my favorite blades I own. The sheath is engraved with what I believe says W.D. Smith V.I. Cav. (Calvery) I'm assuming it was picked up from the Philippine insurgency. I recently was researching this type of blade and found that some of them have a clipped point like my example. The entire time I thought it was just damaged. I do not know the significance of the clipped point but I find it interesting. For whatever reason I just feel this blade has some history. This is why it quickly became one my favorites in my humble collection.
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I'm sorry, but can someone more knowledgeable explain to me what "Luzon matulis" really is?
Based on my fairly limited experience, people in the present-day Tagalog region use a different term for a similar profile, but I never encountered "matulis" used for such even though the word is indeed Tagalog. Is Luzon matulis an old profile that went extinct, or just an umbrella term? |
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How about those traditional blades I've seen from Rizal province, particularly around Binangonan. They also have a similarly shaped profile, pointed and with wide belly, but is called "sungot hipon" (or interchangeably, ulang) instead. Is it the same profile with a different name, or am I missing some subtle differences? |
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Am I correct in that the example shown has a chisel edge? It appears that holding the blade away from the body by the grip that the right side is flat while the left is beveled? Would this make this a left-handed version, in that it would be easy to flatten and smooth a surface held vertically by the right hand with downward strokes?
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