Hairy Binángon
 

Just picked this up, a binangon with a strange hilt and a hair covered throat piece. It is uncleaned and in the shape that it was found. I really don't think that the hilt is original to the piece but I could be wrong. If anyone happens to have a proper hilt for this please let me know. Comments on possible age or anything else about this would be very welcome. Thank you.

Robert

I am hesitant on the nomenclature because of recent research from the island it comes from. This according to the blade and scabbard comes from Iloilo and I would suggest that it was originally a tenegre with a later hilt replacement.

Hello Jose and thank you for the information on the correct name for this. Would you change the hilt on this or leave it as is ? Is it common for these to have the hair left on the leather piece? I do not recall ever seeing one with hair on it like this before.

Robert

Regarding the hair on the scabbard, I actually have seen hair on them like this before. Leave it alone since it is part of the actual manufacture.

On the hilt, well, I guess you could also leave it alone since it is later, but not too late. Part of the working life of the piece? (unless you know of someone who can create a carved hilt for it, but why not leave it as is since the carving is good on it.).

Jose, I would never change or remove the hair on the scabbard, I was just wondering whether or not to change the hilt to a more traditional form. Thank you again for your help.

Robert

it's a binangon, no doubt. no matter how you slice and dice it, it's what we would call that piece.

Ron is this based on the blade? Also is this based on nomenclature from Iloilo? I know that there was speculation on catagorization years ago here, but no hard evidence. :shrug:

jose, dunno how technical they were back in the old days, but growing up, anything larger than a butcher knife was called a binangon

Anyone have an idea of the age of this piece or when the hilt might have been replaced?

Robert