Looking for similar Luzon hilt styles

Pinoy Blade Hunter · 25th January 2019, 02:40 AM

as reference, i also have a similar looking one.

bought it from a picker, he doesnt know anything about it as well.

it is also chisel ground.

kai · 31st January 2019, 08:57 PM

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as reference, i also have a similar looking one.

bought it from a picker, he doesnt know anything about it as well.

it is also chisel ground.

Wouldn't the leather piece on the scabbard throat suggest a Visayan origin?

Regards,
Kai

kai · 31st January 2019, 09:03 PM

Hello all,

Any chance this piece might be related? Blade seems quite similar while the hilt looks quite different...

Please refer to this thread for more pics:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=24694

Regards,
Kai

xasterix · 1st February 2019, 03:55 AM

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Originally Posted by kai

Hello all,

Any chance this piece might be related? Blade seems quite similar while the hilt looks quite different...

Please refer to this thread for more pics:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=24694

Regards,
Kai

Hi Kai! Yes definitely related. Your blade profile is what is called "dahong buho" or "dinahong buho", common among several towns in the province of Laguna, Luzon. As for the hilt, that's a curious style, and echoes antique iterations of 'tabak' and 'dahong palay/dinahong palay'. I'm guessing yours was made in Laguna as well. May I also see its scabbard?

Battara · 2nd February 2019, 07:10 AM

I was thinking that this blade profile was Tagalog. Thanks for the confirmation.

kai · 4th February 2019, 12:02 AM

Thanks, xasterix!

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May I also see its scabbard?

Sorry, no scabbard extant, unfortunately!

Regards,
Kai

25th January 2019, 02:40 AM	#1
Pinoy Blade Hunter Member Join Date: May 2017 Posts: 62	as reference, i also have a similar looking one. bought it from a picker, he doesnt know anything about it as well. it is also chisel ground. Attached Images

31st January 2019, 09:03 PM	#3
kai Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,228	Hello all, Any chance this piece might be related? Blade seems quite similar while the hilt looks quite different... Please refer to this thread for more pics: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=24694 Regards, Kai Attached Images

2nd February 2019, 07:10 AM	#5
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,142	I was thinking that this blade profile was Tagalog. Thanks for the confirmation.