Philippines Sword Collection (Wall of Shame)

[chmorshuutz]

Very beautiful collection, but seems that no Luzon traditional blades nor Lumad ones included, or I totally missed it.

[drac2k]

That is a truly remarkable assembly of weapons! I hope you put a night light in there as I hope that you don't sleepily stumble into all of those sharp pointy things in the middle of the night, lol.
On a serious note, do you have any problems with humidity(i.e. rust, etc.)?

[SanibelSwassa]

Originally Posted by drac2k

That is a truly remarkable assembly of weapons! I hope you put a night light in there as I hope that you don't sleepily stumble into all of those sharp pointy things in the middle of the night, lol.
On a serious note, do you have any problems with humidity(i.e. rust, etc.)?

The bathroom in question is fortunately not used for showering very often and the blades are kept well oiled and the wood conditioned. So far no issues… Florida AC is really good at removing the moisture!

[carlos]

Wowww!!! Great collection, thanks for sharing!!!
Carlos

[Gavin Nugent]

The hand towel rack is conveniently placed... to wipe the sweat of my brow from blade excitement...

Just a suggestion, keep all the kris and move the sundang down under for care.

Gav

[Spunjer]

...still working on my wall of shame.

[JeffS]

Originally Posted by Gavin Nugent

The hand towel rack is conveniently placed... to wipe the sweat of my brow from blade excitement...

I was thinking drool...

[SanibelSwassa]

Originally Posted by chmorshuutz

Very beautiful collection, but seems that no Luzon traditional blades nor Lumad ones included, or I totally missed it.

So far the blades that have spoken to me are those from the Visayans and the Moro areas. As it takes considerable effort to become educated enough to discern the qualities and characteristics desirable in blades from each region and peoples. I also had the privilege of visiting Mindadao several years ago with my Uncle and one of his teachers. It was from there that my journey down this road of collecting originated. While I have become somewhat familiar with the historic blades from Luzon and the Lumad they haven’t yet made their way into the collection. Maybe one day… need more walls??? Lol