Bicol Ginunting

[tanaruz]

Hello Sir,

Will be forwarding these reference pics to my contact in Bicol.



Kind regards

Yves

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by tanaruz

Will be forwarding these reference pics to my contact in Bicol.

Hello Yves,

First, I would prefer when you call me Detlef instead of "Sir"!

Secondly, thank you.

And here are the pictures from the sword in above with wooden handle, like said, the barat is rotten away, I've attached some more pictures from the handle.

Regards,
Detlef

[Sajen]

And here the handle from the sword in down with horn handle, the barat is as well gone due corrosion but with a little bit imagination you can see the form and where it was situated.

[tanaruz]

Hello Detlef,

Here are some inputs from my contact in Bicol:

1) the blade profile is indeed a 'binakla,'- even in the absence of a 'manok-manok' (serrations on the blade). A minasbad indeed;

2) It might have been forged in the Province of Sorsogon (that's in the Bicol Region). Now looking where Sorsogon is (southernmost part of Bicol)- your blade certainly have a very clear Visayan influence (your third binakla). This 3rd binakla blade has a kinabayo hilt- with, of course, a ginunting blade;

3) But the scabbard on the 3rd binakla is not Bicol. But rather of 'Visayan influence' as made mention in # 3. It would have been much nicer, he says, if the scabbard is Bicol;

Hope this clears the air a little bit. ha ha ha.

All the best,

Yves

[Sajen]

Thank you Yves!

Regards,
Detlef