Knife with interesting markings - Ebay

Spunjer · 8th April 2011, 12:33 AM

I forgot about bill combs....

Ferguson · 8th April 2011, 01:14 AM

Good job Dimasalang!
Steve

Rick · 8th April 2011, 01:32 AM

All right then ........... great find !
This begs the question .

Who captured what here ?

carlos · 8th April 2011, 09:15 PM

Interisting knife

, Fortunatelly I was the winner of the auction ( I,m sorry Steve ). When I saw the knife thought inmediatelly in the symbols of the blade, the hilt ( maybe from a bayonet or a saber ) and the sheath with the 3 ( I had sawn some shields similarsin a uniforms ).
When I received I put more pictures.
Thanks all for the comments
best regards
carlos

Ferguson · 9th April 2011, 12:15 AM

Congratulations Carlos! That's wonderful. Glad you got it.

Let us know how you like it, and what you think of it.

Steve

Rick · 9th April 2011, 01:59 AM

We hate speculation, but I still wonder,

Is this a Philippine piece with captured insignia; or is it a Spanish captured piece remarked with Guidon and unit emblem ?

Obviously the knife is Katipunan; but whose hands did it finally wind up in ?
I'm guessing Spanish along with David .

Is the sheath original to the piece?
There is an interesting lug at the pommel end; almost as if it was made for a sheath with a pommel strap .

Robert · 9th April 2011, 04:38 AM

Carlos, My congratulations for your acquiring this VERY interesting piece for your collection.!!! If I had more money to spend you would not have gotten off so cheap.

Just kidding, I am very happy for you on being able to obtain this unique item. Myself I do not think the hilt was from another weapon but was purposely made for this knife.
Rick, It is hard to say which way this went. As Dimasalang has suggested the insignia could have been captured from the Spanish and then used as a personnel "anting anting" or the other way around with the knife being captured by the Spanish and then personalized by who ever was in possession of it at that point in time. As for the lug at the end of the pommel that is a common trait for knives from Luzon and I do believe that this sheath is original to the knife.
Dimasalang, Thank you so much for identifying this insignia (it was driving me nutz) as being Spanish in origin. The closest I could find was the button that I posted above but not the badge itself.

Robert

9th April 2011, 01:59 AM	#6
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,336	I Know We hate speculation, but I still wonder, Is this a Philippine piece with captured insignia; or is it a Spanish captured piece remarked with Guidon and unit emblem ? Obviously the knife is Katipunan; but whose hands did it finally wind up in ? I'm guessing Spanish along with David . Is the sheath original to the piece? There is an interesting lug at the pommel end; almost as if it was made for a sheath with a pommel strap .

8th April 2011, 12:33 AM	#1
Spunjer Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Witness Protection Program Posts: 1,730	I forgot about bill combs....

8th April 2011, 01:14 AM	#2
Ferguson Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Kernersville, NC, USA Posts: 793	Good job Dimasalang! Steve

8th April 2011, 01:32 AM	#3
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,336	All right then ........... great find ! This begs the question . Who captured what here ?

8th April 2011, 09:15 PM	#4
carlos Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 748	Interisting knife , Fortunatelly I was the winner of the auction ( I,m sorry Steve ). When I saw the knife thought inmediatelly in the symbols of the blade, the hilt ( maybe from a bayonet or a saber ) and the sheath with the 3 ( I had sawn some shields similarsin a uniforms ). When I received I put more pictures. Thanks all for the comments best regards carlos

9th April 2011, 12:15 AM	#5
Ferguson Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Kernersville, NC, USA Posts: 793	Congratulations Carlos! That's wonderful. Glad you got it. Let us know how you like it, and what you think of it. Steve

9th April 2011, 04:38 AM	#7
Robert EAAF Staff Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Centerville, Kansas Posts: 2,196	Carlos, My congratulations for your acquiring this VERY interesting piece for your collection.!!! If I had more money to spend you would not have gotten off so cheap. Just kidding, I am very happy for you on being able to obtain this unique item. Myself I do not think the hilt was from another weapon but was purposely made for this knife. Rick, It is hard to say which way this went. As Dimasalang has suggested the insignia could have been captured from the Spanish and then used as a personnel "anting anting" or the other way around with the knife being captured by the Spanish and then personalized by who ever was in possession of it at that point in time. As for the lug at the end of the pommel that is a common trait for knives from Luzon and I do believe that this sheath is original to the knife. Dimasalang, Thank you so much for identifying this insignia (it was driving me nutz) as being Spanish in origin. The closest I could find was the button that I posted above but not the badge itself. Robert