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Originally Posted by Battara
 WELCOME BACK IAN!
Glad you are back with us. Been too long.
I'm curious, what indicates this may be Ilokano?  |
Thanks Jose. It's good to be back and to have the time to think of swords again.
Ilocano knives and swords are not particularly distinctive, but I have a few well provenanced ones that show the rather graceful contours to the full tang hilt that is exhibited by the original subject of this thread as wella s the small "notch" to the cutting edge just at the ricasso. Not saying these are definitive signs of Ilocano work, but they are consistent with the identified pieces I have had in the past.
Ian.