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Old 19th March 2006, 02:12 AM   #1
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Hmm...I don't think it's a sundang.
Sundang looks like a Moro (Maguindanao/Maranao) kris.
This hilt is a barong hilt, but the blade, not the typical leaf-shaped profile.

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Old 19th March 2006, 04:15 PM   #2
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Agreed Alam Shah , but it's still a sundang ....
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Old 19th March 2006, 06:54 PM   #3
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What is the definition of sundang, then?
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Old 19th March 2006, 07:30 PM   #4
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Sorry Ariel , I'm on a long overdue vacation ; I'll be serious when I get home .
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Old 19th March 2006, 11:20 PM   #5
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Yakan, wish I had noticed it.
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Old 20th March 2006, 01:11 AM   #6
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What is the definition of sundang, then?
sundang: widely accepted term for sword in the philippines from aparri to sulu...
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Old 21st March 2006, 08:56 AM   #7
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Yakan, wish I had noticed it.
What makes you think Yakan?
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Old 21st March 2006, 02:00 PM   #8
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Maybe Jim Bowie was in the area and lost it... then it got rehilted.

Its one for the books.
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Old 22nd March 2006, 04:15 AM   #9
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Yakan, wish I had noticed it.
hmmm....been to Basilan lately, and know something we don't know ?
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Old 22nd March 2006, 04:56 AM   #10
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it's yakan???

yakan junggayan sundang???
junggayan yakan sundang???
sundang yakan junggayan???


NEW CATERGORY!!!!!


hehehe...
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