Help Please

ibeam · 23rd January 2005, 09:45 PM

Hello all,

I was wondering if anybody can pleaese help identify this double edged short sword with wooden scabbard. Any information would be appreciated. Age, provenace, name??

Here are some pics.

tom hyle · 23rd January 2005, 11:21 PM

Asian; I'm guessing Philippines, though there seem to be hints of the mainland (the blade, the sheath bindings, the carving style on the pommel); of China or Korea. There have been Chinese people in many countries for a long time....

fearn · 24th January 2005, 12:06 AM

Let's see: the "pommel" looks Philippino or Indonesian, the forward ferrule and S-guard look "Chinese" (in the broad sense), the blade could be from anywhere, but looks Chinese-ish, the sheath could be from any of the above...

Just to be different than Tom Hyle (is that Tom Hoyle in diguise? :-) ), I'll say that it came from a Chinese enclave either in Indonesia or the PI.

Neat, weird thing. Thanks for sharing it. BTW, what does the label say?

ibeam · 26th January 2005, 12:00 AM

Tom,
Thank you for the info. I had the same guess as being some sort of Chinese sword. Although, the scabbard does have some of the Visayan bolo scabbard characteristics.

Fern,
Glad to share the pics. The white label says "Philipine Moro Beheading Sword circa WWII" .

Thanks again.

23rd January 2005, 09:45 PM	#1
ibeam Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 134	Help Please Hello all, I was wondering if anybody can pleaese help identify this double edged short sword with wooden scabbard. Any information would be appreciated. Age, provenace, name?? Here are some pics. Attached Images

23rd January 2005, 11:21 PM	#2
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	Asian; I'm guessing Philippines, though there seem to be hints of the mainland (the blade, the sheath bindings, the carving style on the pommel); of China or Korea. There have been Chinese people in many countries for a long time....

24th January 2005, 12:06 AM	#3
fearn Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,247	Let's see: the "pommel" looks Philippino or Indonesian, the forward ferrule and S-guard look "Chinese" (in the broad sense), the blade could be from anywhere, but looks Chinese-ish, the sheath could be from any of the above... Just to be different than Tom Hyle (is that Tom Hoyle in diguise? :-) ), I'll say that it came from a Chinese enclave either in Indonesia or the PI. Neat, weird thing. Thanks for sharing it. BTW, what does the label say?

26th January 2005, 12:00 AM	#4
ibeam Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 134	Tom, Thank you for the info. I had the same guess as being some sort of Chinese sword. Although, the scabbard does have some of the Visayan bolo scabbard characteristics. Fern, Glad to share the pics. The white label says "Philipine Moro Beheading Sword circa WWII" . Thanks again.