Unusual Philippine Serpentine Sword ?

VANDOO · 21st November 2016, 04:31 PM

THE BLADE TIP IS SIMILAR IN SHAPE TO SOME CHINESE JIAN I HAVE SEEN. SO PERHAPS THERE IS CHINESE INFLUENCE AS I AM SURE THE CHINESE WERE LIKELY TO HAVE BEEN PRESENT AS THEY WERE WIDE SPREAD IN THEIR TRADING. JUST A THOUGHT. IT IS UNIQUE AND I WOULD LEAVE IT AS IS AND PERHAPS AN EXPLANATION WILL COME IN THE FUTURE.

drac2k · 21st November 2016, 09:21 PM

I don't think it is a janap as I see these referenced as short working bolos ; also let me reiterate that the tip is not blunt, but that it is quite sharp even though it is not "pointy."
VANDOO's comments on the similarity of some jian tips strikes a responsive cord with me .

Battara · 22nd November 2016, 11:33 PM

Just to clarify I didn't say it was a janap but that it has a squared off end similar to a janap.

21st November 2016, 04:31 PM	#1
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	THE BLADE TIP IS SIMILAR IN SHAPE TO SOME CHINESE JIAN I HAVE SEEN. SO PERHAPS THERE IS CHINESE INFLUENCE AS I AM SURE THE CHINESE WERE LIKELY TO HAVE BEEN PRESENT AS THEY WERE WIDE SPREAD IN THEIR TRADING. JUST A THOUGHT. IT IS UNIQUE AND I WOULD LEAVE IT AS IS AND PERHAPS AN EXPLANATION WILL COME IN THE FUTURE.

21st November 2016, 09:21 PM	#2
drac2k Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 1,255	I don't think it is a janap as I see these referenced as short working bolos ; also let me reiterate that the tip is not blunt, but that it is quite sharp even though it is not "pointy." VANDOO's comments on the similarity of some jian tips strikes a responsive cord with me .

22nd November 2016, 11:33 PM	#3
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,272	Just to clarify I didn't say it was a janap but that it has a squared off end similar to a janap.