My Philippines swords and my ww2 Japanese sword

Brody · 8th February 2014, 03:39 AM

My wife and I recently purchased a home where the previous owners put all their belongings into a storage building prior to moving into an assisted living home and turning the property over to their daughter. When we purchased the home the daughter had use sign papers assuming responsibility for the property remaining in the storage container. Kind of like something you would see on storage wars. It was pretty cool allot of junk but hidden in it I found an 1872 Webster's dictionary, the first coin collectors guide that was printed in 1942 and some other cool things. But the best so far was about a month ago towards the back I saw a 3" wide mini blinds box labeled swords and dug it out to find five Philippine swords and a Japanese sword. I have done a little research on a couple other forums already and the guy whom gave me the most information highly recommended this web page. So here we are, My name is Brody I live in southern Arizona. I wont post the pre-bias information I have already gathered and I understand I'll probably need to get better pictures to get the best results. I plan on keeping the Japanese sword and displaying in my home with a new handle while keeping the original on display under it. I look forward to chatting with everyone and thank you for your time.

Brody · 8th February 2014, 06:15 AM

the katana

VANDOO · 8th February 2014, 02:42 PM

THOUGH I HAVE NEVER FOUND SUCH GOODIES I CAN IMAGINE THE THRILL OF IT, WHAT FUN.

THE SMALLEST PHILIPPINE PIECE IS A DAGGER CALLED A GUNONG PREVIOUSLY CALLED A PUNAL. IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH MORO PEOPLE
THE NEXT SMALLEST WITH A ANGLED BLADE IS A GARAB PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS A TALIBON,IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH NON MORO GROUPS VISIAN AND CHRISTIAN
YOU HAVE ONE MORO BARONG
AND TWO WAVEY BLADED MORO KRIS SWORDS
THE JAPANESE SWORD WILL EITHER BE A KATANA OR THE SHORTER SWORD WAZASASHI (I MAY NOT HAVE SPELLED IT CORRECTLY?)

8th February 2014, 03:39 AM	#1
Brody Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 2	My Philippines swords and my ww2 Japanese sword My wife and I recently purchased a home where the previous owners put all their belongings into a storage building prior to moving into an assisted living home and turning the property over to their daughter. When we purchased the home the daughter had use sign papers assuming responsibility for the property remaining in the storage container. Kind of like something you would see on storage wars. It was pretty cool allot of junk but hidden in it I found an 1872 Webster's dictionary, the first coin collectors guide that was printed in 1942 and some other cool things. But the best so far was about a month ago towards the back I saw a 3" wide mini blinds box labeled swords and dug it out to find five Philippine swords and a Japanese sword. I have done a little research on a couple other forums already and the guy whom gave me the most information highly recommended this web page. So here we are, My name is Brody I live in southern Arizona. I wont post the pre-bias information I have already gathered and I understand I'll probably need to get better pictures to get the best results. I plan on keeping the Japanese sword and displaying in my home with a new handle while keeping the original on display under it. I look forward to chatting with everyone and thank you for your time. Attached Images

8th February 2014, 06:15 AM	#2
Brody Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 2	the katana Attached Images

8th February 2014, 02:42 PM	#3
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	THOUGH I HAVE NEVER FOUND SUCH GOODIES I CAN IMAGINE THE THRILL OF IT, WHAT FUN. THE SMALLEST PHILIPPINE PIECE IS A DAGGER CALLED A GUNONG PREVIOUSLY CALLED A PUNAL. IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH MORO PEOPLE THE NEXT SMALLEST WITH A ANGLED BLADE IS A GARAB PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS A TALIBON,IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH NON MORO GROUPS VISIAN AND CHRISTIAN YOU HAVE ONE MORO BARONG AND TWO WAVEY BLADED MORO KRIS SWORDS THE JAPANESE SWORD WILL EITHER BE A KATANA OR THE SHORTER SWORD WAZASASHI (I MAY NOT HAVE SPELLED IT CORRECTLY?)