I HAVE SEEN THIS TYPE OF WORKMANSHIP ON A FEW BOLOS FROM LUZON BUT NEVER ON A TALIBON. THE EXPERTLY CARVED HORN HANDLE WITH SILVER AND THE TANG PASSING THRU THE POMMEL ARE COMMON ON THE BOLOS. THE INLAYED BLADES ARE MORE SCARCE BUT I DO HAVE ONE EXAMPLE IT WAS EITHER MADE AS A PRESENTATION PIECE OR CUSTOM ORDER I SUSPECT. I ALSO SUSPECT IT WAS NEWLY MADE AT THE TIME THIS MAN MAY HAVE VISITED THE PHILIPPINES SO IF WE KNEW THAT DATE APPROXIMATELY IT WOULD GIVE US A GENERAL IDEA OF WHEN THIS TYPE OF WORK WAS BEING DONE AND PERHAPS WHERE AS WELL. I THINK WHOEVER MADE THESE WAS PROBABLY THE BEST IN THE AREA AND THAT FEW COULD MAKE EDGED WEAPONS OF THIS QUALITY AT THE TIME SO IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE TO TRACK DOWN WHO MADE IT ALSO.
WISH I HAD THE SWORD INSTEAD OF A LOT OF GUESSES
