Kampilan, for comments pls.

[migueldiaz]

hi mross,

thanks for the comments. i feel better already!

hi bill,

thanks, too. i appreciate it. on the cut-off hilt end, looks like originally it has the bifurcated end, per pics below.

when i first saw this kampilan, i didn't buy it this because i said to myself, if it was a real moro piece then nobody would think of cutting off the hilt.

then i saw the pic of the kampilan exhibited in macao (last pic below). so i went back to the person to buy it.

but i can't still figure out why would anybody think of shortening the hilt. it gets in the way perhaps? has this been discussed in the forum?

thanks again to all.