My new sword from Philippines

[carlos]

Originally Posted by Gavin Nugent

Sweet sweeping blade... nice pommel and collar and a very functional guard, congrats.

Edit note, it that a lanyard hole in the pommel?

yes!!! There is a hole in handle to a lanyard.
Thanks for the information!!

[xasterix]

Great catch, great sword!

I think it is a Tagalog-made blade, likely from Laguna or Quezon provinces; or surrounding areas. The Laguna classification would be "uhas tari" (taking into account that other provinces have different build iterations of such).

[Ian]

Originally Posted by carlos

yes!!! There is a hole in handle to a lanyard.
Thanks for the information!!

Not sure that this hole would be for a lanyard. That's not a Filipino thing.

Agree with Xasterix that this is a Tagalog blade.

[Gavin Nugent]

Originally Posted by Ian

Not sure that this hole would be for a lanyard. That's not a Filipino thing.

Is there merit in the hole being used for wrist wrapping/cord, like some sort of the Munsala/Mansala type cloth specific to the region... seems like a practical thing to have if one was travelling throughout the islands and coastal regions.