Help identify this piece

RobT · 22nd July 2026, 05:49 PM

Hi All,

I may as well jump in. So, we have a chisel grind, a blade canted off axis from the hilt and a relatively short hilt. Aside from the triangular blade, I see nothing really inconsistent with the Philippines. I have an Apalit knife with scales riveted to a full tang. I also have a barong shaped blade that has a hilt with a cross pin made of a hex nut counter sunk into the hilt and screwed into a screw or bolt (the head is cut off flush with the hilt so I can’t tell which).
Although this knife appears to be a formidable weapon, can we rule out that it wasn’t originally intended to be a butcher knife/boning knife/cleaver? My kutsilyo de busong looks pretty wicked but it is a butcher knife (as are my two Sabatier which would also be rather lethal). Actually, the blade profiles of the knife in question and that of a kutsilyo de busong are roughly similar. The differences being that edge of the kutsilyo is curved not straight (also the kutsilyo blade isn’t canted and is symmetrically ground). Could you post the blade dimensions? My kutsilyo is 9” long and 2.625” at the base (22.86 & 6.66 cm)
The the butcher knife supposition is bolstered by the sheath, which has no means of carry but would be entirely adequate for safe storage of the blade.

Sincerely,
RobT

PS: Whatever it is or wherever it is from, it is a really good looking piece. I’d like to have one.

22nd July 2026, 05:49 PM	#8
RobT Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 654	Philippines? Hi All, I may as well jump in. So, we have a chisel grind, a blade canted off axis from the hilt and a relatively short hilt. Aside from the triangular blade, I see nothing really inconsistent with the Philippines. I have an Apalit knife with scales riveted to a full tang. I also have a barong shaped blade that has a hilt with a cross pin made of a hex nut counter sunk into the hilt and screwed into a screw or bolt (the head is cut off flush with the hilt so I can’t tell which). Although this knife appears to be a formidable weapon, can we rule out that it wasn’t originally intended to be a butcher knife/boning knife/cleaver? My kutsilyo de busong looks pretty wicked but it is a butcher knife (as are my two Sabatier which would also be rather lethal). Actually, the blade profiles of the knife in question and that of a kutsilyo de busong are roughly similar. The differences being that edge of the kutsilyo is curved not straight (also the kutsilyo blade isn’t canted and is symmetrically ground). Could you post the blade dimensions? My kutsilyo is 9” long and 2.625” at the base (22.86 & 6.66 cm) The the butcher knife supposition is bolstered by the sheath, which has no means of carry but would be entirely adequate for safe storage of the blade. Sincerely, RobT PS: Whatever it is or wherever it is from, it is a really good looking piece. I’d like to have one.