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Old 18th March 2006, 10:05 PM   #1
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Question Curious Moro blade

This one just finished. Odd blade. Perhaps the winner can enlighten us as to what it is called.

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Old 18th March 2006, 11:56 PM   #2
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it's a sundang.....
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Old 19th March 2006, 12:50 AM   #3
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Of course, how could I not have remembered that? Thanks morningstar.
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Old 19th March 2006, 01:12 AM   #4
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Hmm...I don't think it's a sundang.
Sundang looks like a Moro (Maguindanao/Maranao) kris.
This hilt is a barong hilt, but the blade, not the typical leaf-shaped profile.

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Agreed Alam Shah , but it's still a sundang ....
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Old 19th March 2006, 05:54 PM   #6
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What is the definition of sundang, then?
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