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Robert
5th November 2006, 10:28 PM
This is my latest acquisition. I haven't received it yet so I just have the photos from the site where I bought it. It is 15" overall with a 9-1/2" blade. Guard and fittings are brass. The horn grip has a few worm holes. The sheath seems newer to me than the dagger and has more of a Mexican or Spanish look to it. The thickness of the guard and the pommel makes this quite different from the other examples that I have seen from the Philippines. Comments please.
Rick
6th November 2006, 12:39 AM
Water Buffalo horn = Phillipines. :)
Robert
6th November 2006, 01:37 AM
Hi Rick,
I guess my original post wasn't that clear. Sorry about that. I know the dagger is from the Philippines and I would guess late 19th or early 20th century. What I was wondering about was the style of the guard and pommel as I have never seen them made this heavy before on this type of dagger. I was hoping that one of the forum members might have or may have seen other examples with this heavy style of guard.

Robert
Battara
6th November 2006, 08:39 PM
Usually I attribute these waved bladed daggers like this to Illocano manufacture.
Robert
14th November 2006, 12:07 AM
The dagger arrived today so I will post more pictures tomorrow. This is a very heavy piece weighing in at 1-1/4 lbs. Unlike most daggers like this that I've seen this one would be very good for slashing as well as for stabbing. A very nicely made blade that is still quite sharp. There is a little difference in the dimensions so here are the correct ones.

Blade length = 9-1/8"
Blade at widest = 1-3/4"
Blade at thickest = 3/8"
Guard thickness = 13/16"
Hilt length = 4-7/8"
Pommel cap thickness = 1/4"


Robert
Ian
14th November 2006, 12:44 AM
Nice example Robert. Definitely from Luzon, perhaps north of Manila. BTW, I would give the sheath a little mink oil to keep it supple.

Ian.
Robert
14th November 2006, 01:15 AM
Hi Ian,
Thank you for your reply. You are not going to believe this but I just got through going over the sheath WITH mink oil when you made your post. :D

Robert
Ian
14th November 2006, 01:53 AM
Good job! It looked a little dry. This synchronicity stuff is really weird. :eek:

Ian.

Hi Ian,
Thank you for your reply. You are not going to believe this but I just got through going over the sheath WITH mink oil when you made your post. :D

Robert
Battara
14th November 2006, 07:34 PM
It's also not a bad album by the Police! :D
Robert
14th November 2006, 09:26 PM
Here are the new pictures. When I put the mink oil on the sheath it really made a difference in the way it looks.