Filipino Knife

David · 5th April 2011, 01:51 PM

As Nonoy Tan has pointed out, maker's marks on Filipino blades is more a practice of "modern" knife makers. You will rarely find them on older blades and this is not because they have been shortened and removed. You occasionally find imported Chinese made barongs blades that have Chinese characters that are probably maker's marks, but not very often on the locally made blades.
Your blade is obviously post WWII due to the materials used like the aluminum decorations on the hilt, but i agree with Nonoy that it more likely dates for the 1960-80s period.
I don't want to dissuade you from creating a database of Philippines maker's marks, but frankly most collectors here are far more interested in pre-WWII blades on which you are unlikely to find any maker's mark at all.

5th April 2011, 01:51 PM	#6
David Keris forum moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 7,211	As Nonoy Tan has pointed out, maker's marks on Filipino blades is more a practice of "modern" knife makers. You will rarely find them on older blades and this is not because they have been shortened and removed. You occasionally find imported Chinese made barongs blades that have Chinese characters that are probably maker's marks, but not very often on the locally made blades. Your blade is obviously post WWII due to the materials used like the aluminum decorations on the hilt, but i agree with Nonoy that it more likely dates for the 1960-80s period. I don't want to dissuade you from creating a database of Philippines maker's marks, but frankly most collectors here are far more interested in pre-WWII blades on which you are unlikely to find any maker's mark at all.