Aluminium hilted Filipino knives--an origin

[h0ll0wman]

That is a very nice aluminum hilt. They still make these in the Philippines. I recently acquired an Espada y Daga set from Cebu but the hilts of these are not as ornate as yours and there are no date stamps.

[Ian]

Here are a few more from my collection. They illustrate the variety found in the hilts and scabbards of these blades. Most have a tri-lobed pommel that looks eastern Visayan. Several have a very different pommel and may be from elsewhere. One of the members here told me that some of these aluminium-hilted knives are made in Pagnasinan, and are therefore Ilokano in manufacture.


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