Padsumbalin Panabas...

[Federico]

Given the fluctuating state of the various Sultanates, I would not be surprised if there occured Iranun within the Sulu Sultanate that bore Panabas and Kampilan. So in that sense there is certainly plausibility that Panabas and Kampilan existed in the Sulu Sultanate, but yet that is specific to the Sultanate itself, which was a multi-tribal state, and not an attribution to Tausug or Samal, etc... I have never heard of Tausug using or making the weapon, and hence my curiousity at what leads to this identification, which to me would be very groundbreaking news indeed. Then of course there is the melting pot that is Zamboanga, and all the various mish-mashes of weaponry/culture that occur there.

Curious to know if Battara's observance of Padsumbalin/scimitar blade panabas occured more frequently in guadier dress. It would sound like at least one more of this type has been elaborately done.