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Filipino blade - what do I have here?

3rd February 2019, 06:48 PM

kai

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From: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showpost.php?p=237398&postcount=5

Bringing over the info kindly provided in the other thread:

Quote:

Originally Posted by xasterix

Your blade profile is what is called "dahong buho" or "dinahong buho", common among several towns in the province of Laguna, Luzon. As for the hilt, that's a curious style, and echoes antique iterations of 'tabak' and 'dahong palay/dinahong palay'. I'm guessing yours was made in Laguna as well.

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