Barong, Panabas, or something else.

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Originally Posted by drac2k

Can you direct me to some other examples of a "badi," on the internet, so that I can compare mine to those?
Thanks for telling me what those marks are for; it had been driving me crazy for years. Do sword makers, tool makers still use them?

Hi sir sure, here are the publicly-available links:

AJ blade reviews Facebook page, featuring postwar badi

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid...74344347155173

Personal page, with a provenanced 1960s badi

https://www.facebook.com/rikidiz/pos...eLCbN3NEES4cCl

The other samples are either in private webpages or groups, but if you need more pics or screenshots, just let me know, I can send them to you.

Regarding the /X/, yes it's still used nowadays by craftsmen both in Mindanao and Sulu. In my experience, it's commonly seen at the following areas:

1. Base of spine, to indicate the area just before the tang
2. The base or forward-facing parts of the asang-asang
3. Metal binding parts of the hilt, or sometimes even the scabbard