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Sharing my Tailbong blade from the Pulahan movement in the Philippines.
The provenance of this blade from the person I got it from was that, it was taken from a dead native man in 1906 in La Paz, Leyte during the Pulahan Campaign. There is an engraving of a bird, I'm thinking perhaps a Sarimanok (?) Hilt - 6in Guard (tip to tip) - 4 3/4in Blade - 15 15/16 |
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I love the engravings.
The blade looks more Tagalog to me. Hard to see details of the hilt. Does the tang go through the end of the hilt? |
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If this indeed belonged to one of the Pulahanes, you got yourself a part of history.
But I always remember a saying from somebody on this Forum: Buy the sword, not its history:-((( |
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Indio Ira:
Most unlikely to be a Visayan knife. I agree with battara, this looks like a Central Luzon knife with a hilt often associated with Apalit (Pampanga) manufacture. The edge appears to have a convex grind (rather than chisel grind). The small iron ferrule and a "lip" on the hilt adjacent to the ferrule is often found on older knives from Apalit. Might also be from Lake Taal/Batangas area. The sarimanok is essentially a Moro folk symbol, especially used by the Maranao people. Ian |
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Agreed with what the others have said. The blade profile is a dinahong buo (sometimes called dahong bolo) of Luzon. It may have been mislabeled, a lot of bringback pieces have incorrect tags and provenance.
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Thank you all for the feedbacks.
It could have been mislabeled indeed. I’ve never seen another Pulahan blade besides this one- but the red guard definitely is a good indication wouldn’t you all think? Pulahan (those wearing red) chosen color is red after all. Would be great to identify the engravings as well. |
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#7 |
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I got the blade by the way from Davis brothers
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