Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th October 2016, 09:53 PM
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Origin of the Balisong?
The oldest knife I know which looks like a balisong is dated from the end of the 18th century (179?). It's called "Pied Du Roy". I found it in a Cutlery Museum in France.
There's a photo there : ...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th September 2015, 04:17 AM
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Intriguing
Hello Battara,
Very interesting output. Considering the sizes of the kampilans found in Moro land the seem to be from At about 36 to 40 inches, I'm curious as to what the size for the ones...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th September 2015, 08:21 AM
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Moro
I'd figure that the kampilan was mostly made by the moros while the ones seen in the Visayas and luzon regions were imported from Mindanao, no?
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th September 2015, 07:56 AM
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Kampilan exclusive only to moros?
Hello David, I got this quote from William Henry Scott's Barangay --Sixteenth-Century Philippine Culture & Society.
But to be more specific, from here:
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd September 2015, 06:35 AM
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the Kampilan exclusively Moro?
Although the kampilan is said to have been imported to parts of the visayan and luzon islands, is the Kampilan for the most part exclusive to the moros, as the katana is exclusive to Japan.
It...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd September 2015, 04:25 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd September 2015, 03:45 AM
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Replies: 77
Views: 159,557
Import
I'm pretty sure those weapons were imported and weren't really made locally, not to mention how very rare it was for them to use it. So the use of a panabas was probably not that significant enough...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th June 2015, 04:43 AM
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Replies: 185
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Great
Very nice blades, the patterns on one of them really give its uniqueness. :cool:
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