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VANDOO · 24th September 2012, 04:54 AM

I VOTE PHILIPPINE MOST LIKELY A SHOP IN LUZON. THE FIRST I SAW WERE IN THE MID 1960'S AND I HAVE SEEN ENOUGH OF THEM OVER THE YEARS TO THINK THEY MADE QUITE A FEW INITIALLY AND THEN STOPPED PERHAPS SALES WERE NOT GOOD AT THE TIME AND PLACE.? I HAVE ONE AROUND HERE SOME WHERE I WILL SEE IF I CAN FIND IT. IT HAS A GOOD HEAVY WAVEY BLADE BUT KIND OF A STRANGE HANDLE FOR A PHILIPPINE DAGGER.
I HAVE SEEN THE KNIVES FROM INDIA AND THERE IS A RESEMBLENCE BUT MATERIALS AND BLADES ARE NOT QUITE AS GOOD ON THE ONES I HAVE SEEN. DID THE INDIANS COPY THE PHILIPPINES OR THE OTHER WAY AROUND OR JUST COIENCIDENCE

24th September 2012, 04:54 AM	#20
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	I VOTE PHILIPPINE MOST LIKELY A SHOP IN LUZON. THE FIRST I SAW WERE IN THE MID 1960'S AND I HAVE SEEN ENOUGH OF THEM OVER THE YEARS TO THINK THEY MADE QUITE A FEW INITIALLY AND THEN STOPPED PERHAPS SALES WERE NOT GOOD AT THE TIME AND PLACE.? I HAVE ONE AROUND HERE SOME WHERE I WILL SEE IF I CAN FIND IT. IT HAS A GOOD HEAVY WAVEY BLADE BUT KIND OF A STRANGE HANDLE FOR A PHILIPPINE DAGGER. I HAVE SEEN THE KNIVES FROM INDIA AND THERE IS A RESEMBLENCE BUT MATERIALS AND BLADES ARE NOT QUITE AS GOOD ON THE ONES I HAVE SEEN. DID THE INDIANS COPY THE PHILIPPINES OR THE OTHER WAY AROUND OR JUST COIENCIDENCE