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VANDOO · 22nd December 2008, 04:10 PM

WELCOME TO THE FORUM

AS MENTIONED IT IS CALLED A GUNONG WE USED TO CALL IT A PUNAL BEFORE WE WERE INFORMED OF THE NAME FOR THEM USED BY THE LOCAL PHILIPPINE PEOPLE. SO A SEARCH IN THE CURRENT FORUM AND ARCHIVED FORUMS UNDER THOSE TWO NAMES SHOULD SUPPLY A LOT OF INFORMATION.
IT IS NOT MY SPECIALTY BUT BASICALLY IT IS A MORO DAGGER YOUR EXAMPLE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN FORMED BY STOCK REMOVAL SO THE BLADE IS PROBABLY MADE FROM ONE PIECE OF STEEL AND NOT SHAPED OR FOLDED IN A FORGE. I WOULD GUESS IT IS POST WW2, YOU WILL SEE SOME PICTURES OF SOME GOOD OLD HAND FORGED ONES IN THE FORUM POSTS. A NICE START ON COLLECTING PHILIPPINE EDGED WEAPONS.

22nd December 2008, 04:10 PM	#8
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	WELCOME TO THE FORUM AS MENTIONED IT IS CALLED A GUNONG WE USED TO CALL IT A PUNAL BEFORE WE WERE INFORMED OF THE NAME FOR THEM USED BY THE LOCAL PHILIPPINE PEOPLE. SO A SEARCH IN THE CURRENT FORUM AND ARCHIVED FORUMS UNDER THOSE TWO NAMES SHOULD SUPPLY A LOT OF INFORMATION. IT IS NOT MY SPECIALTY BUT BASICALLY IT IS A MORO DAGGER YOUR EXAMPLE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN FORMED BY STOCK REMOVAL SO THE BLADE IS PROBABLY MADE FROM ONE PIECE OF STEEL AND NOT SHAPED OR FOLDED IN A FORGE. I WOULD GUESS IT IS POST WW2, YOU WILL SEE SOME PICTURES OF SOME GOOD OLD HAND FORGED ONES IN THE FORUM POSTS. A NICE START ON COLLECTING PHILIPPINE EDGED WEAPONS.