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Originally Posted by Mefidk
No indication that it ever had a spike, looks like it was made this way. The blade is heavy duty, 1cm thick at the base - I would definitely not like to be in the way of anyone swinging this!
Are the copper filled holes common decoration on these?
Best,
Chris
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Hi Chris.
Not very common to see brass inlays on
panabas and, as Kai noted, the same inlays occur on a minority of
kampilan too. I'm not aware of any specific significance of brass dots on these weapons. Some of our Filipino members might be able to help.
Interestingly, inlaid brass dots appear on Lumad blades as well, especially on T'boli
tok. Again, I don't know about their significance either.