BICOL GATAB

[tanaruz]

Hello friends,

sharing this oldie Bicol gatab (small knife).
Blade profile: ginunting
blade material: steel file
peened tang, brass ferrule
hilt/pommel: Inaso (hound design). Hardwood.
12 inches over-all length/ 7.75-inch blade
no scabbard (but ordered a maravical scabbard for this chap)

Bought this piece from eBay.

Enjoy

Yves

[Sajen]

Hi Yves,

Very nice, congrats! :cool: I have a fondness for Bicol blades.

But I bet that the hilt is from horn instead of wood, I know this type of horn from my own Bicol blades.

Regards,
Detlef

[tanaruz]

Hi Yves,

Very nice, congrats! :cool: I have a fondness for Bicol blades.

But I bet that the hilt is from horn instead of wood, I know this type of horn from my own Bicol blades.

Regards,
Detlef

Hello Sir,

The seller from Georgia (US) posted it (hilt) as made from horn (buffalo, I guess). But when I held it, looks and felt like wood. ha ha ha.

Im wrong and I believe you're right.

Much thanks Sir.

[Sajen]

Please name me Detlef or Sajen, it sounds better to my ears. ;)

It's the same colour and structure I know from some of my Bicol handles so I am nearly sure it's horn, could be also an other horn as buffalo but I am unsure.

Regards,
Detlef

[Battara]

It's carabao horn for sure.

[gp]

Please name me Detlef or Sajen, it sounds better to my ears. ;)



Tuan Sajen..?;)

[Sajen]

Tuan Sajen..?;)

:D Only when you are Indonesian! ;) But most of the time Mas or Pak. :)