Sinanbartolome sword from Tayabas, Quezon

[xasterix]

Originally Posted by Sajen

Very nice sword Raymundo! Are you going to restore the wire binding at the handle?

Regards,
Detlef

Thanks Detlef I'm keeping it as-is, I'm not a fan of wire-grip, especially as it can cause scratches on the hand

[chmorshuutz]

Isn't this sinungot ulang. What makes it sinanbartolome?

[xasterix]

Originally Posted by chmorshuutz

Isn't this sinungot ulang. What makes it sinanbartolome?

The label is dependent on the origin-location. Each Tagalog town considered one (sometimes two) blade profile as an offering to San Bartolome.

If the origin-location of my blade was Rizal area, it would be called Sinungot Ulang; however if it was made in Batangas, Cavite, or Quezon Province, it would be Sinanbartolome.

Rizal's own Sinanbartolome would be the "Binacuco" blade profile series

[Interested Party]

Originally Posted by xasterix

The label is dependent on the origin-location. Each Tagalog town considered one (sometimes two) blade profile as an offering to San Bartolome.

Interesting. This is considered a skinning or butchering pattern?

[Ian]

Thanks Xas. Very informative blade and it appears to cut well. The hilt shows Spanish colonial features that would support your age estimate.

[xasterix]

Originally Posted by Ian

Thanks Xas. Very informative blade and it appears to cut well. The hilt shows Spanish colonial features that would support your age estimate.

[xasterix]

Originally Posted by Interested Party

Interesting. This is considered a skinning or butchering pattern?

I believe that Filipinos copied the (varied) blade profiles of the skinning knife used in depictions of St. Bartholomew's martyrdom in 1700s artworks, and translated these into bolo-size form.

[Ian]

Originally Posted by xasterix

Thanks Detlef I'm keeping it as-is, I'm not a fan of wire-grip, especially as it can cause scratches on the hand

Xas, one way to overcome the "bite" of a wire-wrapped grip is to use a glove on the sword hand. Do you know whether such gloves were used during Spanish Colonial times. It seems to have been mainly a European custom, but we recently had a thread about a female Chinese pirate who was depicted wearing a glove on her sword hand.