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VANDOO · 31st October 2016, 11:16 PM

THIS GRADE OF EDGED WEAPON WAS NO DOUBT COMMON IN THE PHILIPPINES AND CARRIED BY THOSE WITH LITTLE MONEY AS A WORK KNIFE AND WEAPON. WE SELDOM SEE THEM ON THE FORUM BECAUSE COLLECTORS WANT THE BETTER GRADE WEAPONS WITH ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES. THE SMALL ONE WITH THE WAVY BLADE WAS LIKELY FOR PROTECTION NOT WORK AND I WOULD CLASSIFY IT AS A GUNONG AKA PUNAL. THE LARGER ONE IS LIKELY A FORM OF MATULIS . I HAVE SEEN A FEW PHILIPPINE KNIVES AND SWORDS OF THIS SIMPLE QUALITY OVER THE YEARS BUT THEY ARE NOT COMMONLY COLLECTED.
NO DOUBT THESE WERE CONFISCATED BECAUSE OF SOME TROUBLE IF THE SHERIFFS RECORDS COULD BE FOUND IT MIGHT MAKE AN INTERESTING STORY. PERHAPS (THE PHILIPPINE TONG'S OF HAWAII)

#1 & #2. MATULIS
#3. CHART WITH SEVERAL PHILIPPINE EDGED WEAPONS.

31st October 2016, 11:16 PM	#9
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	THIS GRADE OF EDGED WEAPON WAS NO DOUBT COMMON IN THE PHILIPPINES AND CARRIED BY THOSE WITH LITTLE MONEY AS A WORK KNIFE AND WEAPON. WE SELDOM SEE THEM ON THE FORUM BECAUSE COLLECTORS WANT THE BETTER GRADE WEAPONS WITH ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES. THE SMALL ONE WITH THE WAVY BLADE WAS LIKELY FOR PROTECTION NOT WORK AND I WOULD CLASSIFY IT AS A GUNONG AKA PUNAL. THE LARGER ONE IS LIKELY A FORM OF MATULIS . I HAVE SEEN A FEW PHILIPPINE KNIVES AND SWORDS OF THIS SIMPLE QUALITY OVER THE YEARS BUT THEY ARE NOT COMMONLY COLLECTED. NO DOUBT THESE WERE CONFISCATED BECAUSE OF SOME TROUBLE IF THE SHERIFFS RECORDS COULD BE FOUND IT MIGHT MAKE AN INTERESTING STORY. PERHAPS (THE PHILIPPINE TONG'S OF HAWAII) #1 & #2. MATULIS #3. CHART WITH SEVERAL PHILIPPINE EDGED WEAPONS. Attached Images Last edited by VANDOO; 31st October 2016 at 11:51 PM.