DAGGER FOR ID

[rickystl]

Hello all.

I'm posting this for a friend. Does anyone reconize the style/origin of this dagger? Possible age ? Thanks for any help. Sorry for the poor pics.

Rick

[kronckew]

phillipino punal: aka moro gunong, pre-ww2? amybe pre ww1/spanam wars. looks like a nice one, in need of a clean. comes in a variety of sizes and some with waves.

mine:

[Battara]

Yes this is a Moro gunong from Mindanao Island. It might be from the Magindanao tribe, perhaps the 1920s.

The mounts might be silver but need to be cleaned.

[kino]

The surface of the pommel looks interesting. Is the pommel bone or wood?

[Sajen]

Hi Rick,

may I ask you how long this example is? I think that it is a souvenir gunong similar to the here shown example: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showpost.php?p=197981&postcount=72
or the small examples from Ron here in down: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showpost.php?p=197956&postcount=63 They can be seen in this thread: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=5732&page=3&highlight=gunong
This would mean that it is much later as 1920.

Regards,
Detlef

[rickystl]

Thank you ALL for your kind responses. I knew it would be helpful to ask the experts on this Forum. LOL. I'll ask about the handle material. Thanks again.

Rick

[Battara]

Better pics would be so helpful too............ :shrug:

[russel]

I'm also curious to see better images, and to know the length. By the look of the typed page which it is photographed against, it seem very small.