SAMAR BINALHAG

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Originally Posted by tanaruz

My dear blade friends.

Meet my new baby. It's 23 inches long (OAL). I have a very similar one in my collection (but WITHOUT the deity/face pommel) and it came from Borongan, Samar. A fellow blade colleague informed me that my collection was most probably a BINALHAG bolo.

Now come this new piece. the OAL is also 23 inches. They have similar blade profile, with the exception that this new one comes with a pommel with a smiling deity/person ( I really don't know what this is called). The head-pommel looks very different from the 'maranhig' on my tenegres.

I have a feeling that this is a binalhag, but not really that sure.

Any inputs would be greatly appreciated.

Kind regards from Manila.

Yves

Hi,

Scabbard definitely looks like a binalhag's. One of my friend's old sundangs has a similar head figural, also provenanced from Samar. Would you know how old this sample is? I'm curious as I've been trying to get a binalhag myself, but our ECQ rules in Manila have prevented any business engagements.