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Lew
26th February 2006, 05:35 PM
Hi All

This is on loan from a friend. It has a 15" blade and a very ornate hilt. Any guess to its age?


Lew
Spunjer
26th February 2006, 06:17 PM
looks like a tabak from Bacolor, Pampanga. early 1900's perhaps. it has a similar blade to this:

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=1735

as for the age, here's one that's kinda similar with a date on:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6592483297&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1