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nacho · 1st March 2010, 03:13 PM

I agree with Spunjer. It is a binangon from Iloilo, Panay Island, Philippines. Pre-WW2. The scabbard is wrapped in sheets of thin carabao horn. We often mistake it for tortoise shell. The art of carving sheets of carabao horn is now lost.

1st March 2010, 03:13 PM	#8
nacho Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Makati Posts: 69	binangon I agree with Spunjer. It is a binangon from Iloilo, Panay Island, Philippines. Pre-WW2. The scabbard is wrapped in sheets of thin carabao horn. We often mistake it for tortoise shell. The art of carving sheets of carabao horn is now lost.