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9th December 2007, 11:53 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 3,255
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I agree: the blade looks Moro, the hilt seems to be Lumad. It's not rare to find captured/traded Moro blades as well as reproduced Moro-like blades with Lumad tribes. Their kampilans tend to be quite small though and I haven't seen any blade coming close to a full-sized Moro kampilan. Seems like someone needed a large stick...
 Please post some more pics of the hilt, Jeff. Regards, Kai |
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10th December 2007, 12:18 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: OKLAHOMA, USA
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HERE ARE SOME BAGOBO AND TIBOLI SWORDS FOR COMPARASON. THE LAST PICTURE IS OF A MORE RECENT TIBOLI KAMPILIAN CROSSBREED.
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10th December 2007, 06:12 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 189
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The wood part of the handle is still mostly covered in copper or brass sheet, now nicely oxidized to match the wood. One strip missing from each side, none were fit to the bottom where the hair should be. There is some heavy glue/filler between the brass crossguard and the wire-wrapped hilt, which argues for a replacement, but from what I can see the wood is also shaped to fit to the brass hilt fairly well, so maybe the filler is a later repair. I'll take a couple more photos of the other sides.
Definitely some similarity in the brasswork with the Bagobo/Tiboli, although this kampilan is more simple in the decorative details... |
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