Figural handles from Visayan & Luzon swords/knifes
 

I want to start a thread of figural handles from swords and knifes from the Visayas and Luzon and hope that you as well will show the handles from your items.

I will start with the handle from this Ilonggo tenegre: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=16422

Second handle from a Visayas tenegre which was shown in this thread:http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=15015

At last a sinampalok handle from Bicol/Luzon which was shown in this thread: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...8&page=1&pp=30

Hope you like my idea and join in with handles from yours. :)

Well here is my piece from Panay:

(see this thread: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...taribon+silver )

Thank you for posting this beautiful restored handle. Hope that one day I can own such a sword. ;)

Great idea but quite a vast area to cover in one thread.
Like Jose I start with my 3 favorite long nosed bakunawas.

Michael

Here's the better of my own two examples:

:)

Thank you for sharing, just beautiful, like before, I hope that one day I will own a sword like this.
And yes, it is a vast area but think that there are cultural connections between both and it would be nice to see it by the handles.

Regards,
Detlef

Nice one, from horn or wood? :)

Detlef

Here is a funny hilt I haven't posted before.

Michael

Wow VVV - interesting and bizarre - never seen this form before.

Agree, crazy style! :eek:

Hi Detlef,

Thanks... :) It is horn, with an OAL of 65.5 cm.


What are the teeth made from? :eek:


Cheers,

Chris

Here is one of mine to add to the photo gallery.

Robert

Hello Robert, have hoped that you post this superb handle! ;) :)

Hard to tell.
It does resemble some kind of teeth from a small animal more than horn.

Michael

PS Very nice and unique hilt, Robert!

Nice piece Robert. I like it. Are you going to replace some of the missing silver?

Hello Jose, Yes I plan on replacing the missing silver pieces hopefully sometime in the next couple of months. I have so many projects started that I do not want to start another until some of these are completed.:o

Robert

Here are a couple more.

Roy

Wow! Very nice. :eek: :)

Hi Folks,
as I am just back from the Philippines and have visited the Iloilo museum in Panay, thought to share some pics of the few arms they had. Think it would fit in Sajens' thread although one pic is of spears n shield. Made some close-ups for the details.
Crazy forms they have, havent they!?; what a nose n that bend scabbard!!!

looks like they redid the display! pretty cool! used to be, those talibongs and agong were on the wall. i like how they place a glass over that.

here are some more:

Good idea for a thread
 

Silver one is damaged but it could be restored. At least all the coins are present.

Here is another version of the long nosed hilt, this time a Negrito Diplata from Luzon.

Michael

Very very nice! :eek: :eek:

Truly nice and rare piece. Just for laughs and gigles, would you post the entire piece, pretty please?

OK, here it is.

Michael

:eek: :eek: Thank you for sharing, now I want one! :D

Detlef

Thank you VVV. What a rare and interesting piece.

Here my new one. Here is the sword discussed: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=17473