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Old 24th December 2009, 10:28 PM   #10
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The butterfly seems an unlikely symbolism on such a blade. Is there some significance i am unaware of.
It looks like a moth. Jose Rizal used the butterfly metamorphosis in speeches/writing to describe the Philippines emerging from colonial control. There is also the "moth to the light" parable of his own life: http://www.rizalismypresident.com/in...al_of_the_Dawn
Don't know if this has anything to do with this blade but any revolutionaries would be sure to have known Rizal's writings/legends.
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