sulu budiak

[tanaruz]

Hi,

another one is on its way to us. A moro budiak from Jolo- but has a hilt of a sword/dagger. Unfortunately, no scabbard.

A laminated beauty. Will post more clear and presentable pictures when it arrives.

Enjoy,

Yves

[Rick]

I have never seen a Budiak blade like that one before. :confused:

[Ian]

Rick, there is a very similar blade shown in Krieger's Plate 6, no. 9 shown here (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showpost.php?p=286328&postcount=8http://).
Ian.

[Gavin Nugent]

A couple of examples from my collection Rick, the one to the right is of the type shown by Tanaruz.

[Rick]

Then in that case the base of the spear head has been modified (ground down) to use as a badik.

[Gavin Nugent]

Certainly looks that way, ground of forged...