THESE CROSS POLINATED SPORTS DO SHOW UP
IT WOULD APPEAR THE WOODEN HANDLE HAD SOMETHING ATTACHED TO COVER IT AT SOME TIME MOST LIKELY DECORATED METAL STRIPS OR PLATES ALL NOW MISSING WHICH IS NOT A NORMAL MORO TECKNIQUE. THE BRASS CROSSGAURD IS NOT TYPICAL OF THE CROSSGAURDS USED ON TIBOLI OR BAGOBO SWORDS BUT IS MADE MORE LIKE A MORO KAMPILIAN GAURD, ALSO NOTE THE PLACE TO ATTACH HAWK BELLS TO THE GAURD ALSO NOT A MORO STYLE.
AS TO WHY AND WHEN THIS HYBRID CAME TO BE WE CAN ONLY GUESS, THE BRASS GAURD COULD HAVE BEEN A REPLACEMENT FOR THE ORIGINAL WOODEN ONE WHICH WAS DAMMAGED.
IT COULD ALSO HAVE BEEN ADDED LATER BY THE ORIGINAL OWNER OR LATER BY A SELLER TO MAKE IT MORE ATTRACTIVE. OTHER POSSIBILITYS WOULD BE A MARRAGE OF MORO /BAGOBO/TIBOLI AND SOMEONE INCORPORATED A MIX OF BOTH OR PERHAPS A GIFT OR PRESENTATION TO SOME NOTABLE PERSON OF HIGH RANK FROM ANOTHER.
I WILL SEE IF I CAN ATTACH SOME PHOTOS FOR COMPARASON, NOT FROM MY COLLECTION UNFORTUNATELY HOPE I DON'T OFFEND BY BORROWING THEM.
STRANGE NOW MY PICTURES ARE JUST THE REVERCE OF WHAT I WROTE BELOW SO AM ADDING THIS EXPLANATION.
THE FIRST 2 PICTURES ARE OF A GOOD OLD STANDARD KAMPILIAN WITH NO METAL GAURD. THE NEXT ONE IS A MORE RECENT ONE WITH THE STANDARD GAURD AND NOTE THE PATTERN IN THE EYE I REFER TO IT AS THE ATOMIC KAMPILIAN.
THE THIRD ONE IS ALSO A MORE RECENT ONE AND HAS A DECORATED METAL PLATE ATTACHED TO THE GAURD ON BOTH SIDES.