Questions on a Tenegre

migueldiaz · 16th February 2011, 05:54 AM

hi, steve. nice sword. congrats! nacho is the expert on visayan swords. while waiting for his comments --

[1] i tend to agree that it's post ww2 given the scabbard tip's pointy design (my comment is not based on field research, but based on similar hilts here and here both of which sport the ww2 victory symbol);

[2] as to where the scabbard was made, i think it's still panay where the blade is from;

[3] presumably it had an extra long nose or horn; that would make it then a taribong, i.e., the talibong or sanduko used by panay highlanders called panay bukidnon; and

[4] as to the sword's name, based on nacho's info as posted here, it is called a wala-pilak taribong (i.e., a taribong that has no silver).

regards.

Ferguson · 27th February 2011, 10:03 PM

Oh my. I just realized that I hadn't posted to this thread to thank you all for your replies. So thank you all for your comments!

Jose, thank you as always!

Robert, I won it at the end of January. It was a "sleeper".
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...K%3AMEWNX%3AIT

Sajen, I don't think it was brass. The end of the scabbard tip is serrated like it was meant to be crimped onto a piece of horn or wood. Also there was no solder on it. But there is no way to be sure. I'm guessing horn, as I have another piece with a horn tip.

Migueldiaz, Thank you so much for the information!

Steve

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16th February 2011, 05:54 AM	#1
migueldiaz Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Manila, Phils. Posts: 1,042	hi, steve. nice sword. congrats! nacho is the expert on visayan swords. while waiting for his comments -- [1] i tend to agree that it's post ww2 given the scabbard tip's pointy design (my comment is not based on field research, but based on similar hilts here and here both of which sport the ww2 victory symbol); [2] as to where the scabbard was made, i think it's still panay where the blade is from; [3] presumably it had an extra long nose or horn; that would make it then a taribong, i.e., the talibong or sanduko used by panay highlanders called panay bukidnon; and [4] as to the sword's name, based on nacho's info as posted here, it is called a wala-pilak taribong (i.e., a taribong that has no silver). regards.

27th February 2011, 10:03 PM	#2
Ferguson Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Kernersville, NC, USA Posts: 793	Oh my. I just realized that I hadn't posted to this thread to thank you all for your replies. So thank you all for your comments! Jose, thank you as always! Robert, I won it at the end of January. It was a "sleeper". http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...K%3AMEWNX%3AIT Sajen, I don't think it was brass. The end of the scabbard tip is serrated like it was meant to be crimped onto a piece of horn or wood. Also there was no solder on it. But there is no way to be sure. I'm guessing horn, as I have another piece with a horn tip. Migueldiaz, Thank you so much for the information! Steve