Show us your Maguindanao panabas

Battara · 14th February 2021, 06:34 PM

Here is a picture of my padsumbalin panabas that was documented in Cato and was stolen years ago from me. The bands are nickel-silver.

Battara · 14th February 2021, 07:09 PM

Here is my current padsumbalin panabas with steel bands and okir butt.

Battara · 14th February 2021, 07:10 PM

And here is my bading panabas with okir edge. Bands in copper with a silver strip around the end.

Ian · 15th February 2021, 06:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Battara

And here is my bading panabas with okir edge. Bands in copper with a silver strip around the end.

Hi Jose,

Nice blade with carving on the end. This is now the third or fourth one of these I have seen, so yours is not alone. Any thoughts about the significance of this style variant?

As an aside, I have a very nice little Vietnamese or Malaysian chopper that is about 16-18 inches long and would pass for a miniature panabas (hilt is not typical thought). It has similar scalloped carvings to the end of its blade.

Ian.

P.S. Found a picture (not very good one) of that chopper.

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Battara · 16th February 2021, 01:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Ian

Hi Jose,

Nice blade with carving on the end. This is now the third or fourth one of these I have seen, so yours is not alone. Any thoughts about the significance of this style variant?

Ian.

Not as sure but my thoughts are that this belongs not to a datu but to a higher ranking person within a datu's retinue. Thus the reason for the carved end, copper bands, and silver strip on the hilt.

I also wonder if this is a form of fighting panabas for a high ranking warrior under the same datu.

Battara · 16th February 2021, 02:04 AM

Also Drack2, since the first time you posted your beautiful panabas (which one day you will donate to me, right?

) I found out that the centipede motif is sign of dangerous power and in tattoo form or engraved empowers the person or weapon with it.

drac2k · 16th February 2021, 04:44 AM

Okay, it's on the bucklist; now I just have to figure out how I'm going to tell my wife that I will be getting a centipede tattoo to go with my panabas.

kino · 15th February 2021, 06:44 PM

Sajen, what are the dimensions of your Panabas with the blue background?

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Originally Posted by Battara

Here is a picture of my padsumbalin panabas that was documented in Cato and was stolen years ago from me. The bands are nickel-silver.

Battara, where is this Panabas documented at, Cato’s book or Arts os Asia magazine?

Sajen · 15th February 2021, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by kino

Sajen, what are the dimensions of your Panabas with the blue background?

Hello Albert,

This small panabas was once discussed here: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...hlight=panabas

It's 55 cm (21.65") long, blade is 31 cm.

Regards,
Detlef

14th February 2021, 06:34 PM	#1
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,280	Here is a picture of my padsumbalin panabas that was documented in Cato and was stolen years ago from me. The bands are nickel-silver. Attached Images

14th February 2021, 07:09 PM	#2
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,280	Here is my current padsumbalin panabas with steel bands and okir butt. Attached Images

14th February 2021, 07:10 PM	#3
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,280	And here is my bading panabas with okir edge. Bands in copper with a silver strip around the end. Attached Images

16th February 2021, 02:04 AM	#6
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,280	Also Drack2, since the first time you posted your beautiful panabas (which one day you will donate to me, right? ) I found out that the centipede motif is sign of dangerous power and in tattoo form or engraved empowers the person or weapon with it.

16th February 2021, 04:44 AM	#7
drac2k Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 1,258	Okay, it's on the bucklist; now I just have to figure out how I'm going to tell my wife that I will be getting a centipede tattoo to go with my panabas.