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Philippine sword identification

1st March 2010, 03:13 PM	#7
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.

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