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Join Date: Dec 2004
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Jose:
That is a wonderful Tagalog interpretation of a kris. I'm thinking First Republic period perhaps. The carving on the hilt is first class. I don't know whether your example might be one of these mysterious Bartolome swords. It seems strange that we have not heard of it before and that more flambé Tagalog swords have not surfaced if this style was widely adopted by an important faction of the Katipuneros. The reliability of the story is hard to assess and based on eye witness accounts of people who are no longer alive. Ian. Quote:
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