Philippine knife (panabas shaped blade)

Ian · 8th May 2007, 11:46 PM

This is an interesting knife. I think it will turn out to be a working knife, but I'm not sure from the pictures which side has the cutting edge. The end-on view suggests that the concave edge has been sharpened.

The scabbard seems to be more helpful than the knife. This looks like work from the Bagobo or T'boli, but could be from another of the Lumad groups of Mindanao.

All in all an interesting piece. It recalls an old discusssion on the Forum about 6 years ago. Unfortunately some of the pictures are no longer available. http://www.vikingsword.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000665.html

I have a similar shaped blade in a similar woven scabbard that was sold to me as Bagobo. The sharpened edge of that one is on the convex side.

Ian.

8th May 2007, 11:46 PM	#4
Ian Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Aussie Bush Posts: 4,361	Most likely Lumad This is an interesting knife. I think it will turn out to be a working knife, but I'm not sure from the pictures which side has the cutting edge. The end-on view suggests that the concave edge has been sharpened. The scabbard seems to be more helpful than the knife. This looks like work from the Bagobo or T'boli, but could be from another of the Lumad groups of Mindanao. All in all an interesting piece. It recalls an old discusssion on the Forum about 6 years ago. Unfortunately some of the pictures are no longer available. http://www.vikingsword.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000665.html I have a similar shaped blade in a similar woven scabbard that was sold to me as Bagobo. The sharpened edge of that one is on the convex side. Ian.