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Originally Posted by tanaruz
Hello,
This is what I got from the bladesmith/ and other Ifugao sources-traders who has contacts with bladesmiths:
Pinahig - is a single-bladed bolo. it could be 'slender or a little stouter). But the prime characteristic of a pinahig is that the point of the blade (in comparison to a pehlet) is narrower. Most of the pinahigs that I have seen has the closed-type scabbards, but there maybe pinahigs having the the hikot type scabbards (open-faced).
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Hello,
confirmed by my Cordilleran contact. They are pinahigs with a hikot (open-faced wooden sheath/scabbard).
Kind regards