Very Unusual Kampilan

[wilked aka Khun Deng]

Once again my thanks go out to Ian without who I assuredly would not have found this blade.

What struck us right off was the unusual pommel design and a two slab pegged scabbard design that I had not seen before.

The dealer said it was Maranao probably from the Lake Lanao region (currently a hotbed of Abu Sayyaf activity) but I don't know enough yet to make that call.

This one, after conservation, proved to be completely orginal, no apparent repairs or redressing even down to the wooden pegged one-side-open scabbard (although it did appear to have been restained at one time).

Before conservation