Interesting Filipino kampilan

tom hyle · 14th August 2011, 10:02 AM

blade apears to be a Lumad kampilan; how long is it (the blade)?
Hilt appears to be Batangas or Bikol/Southern Luzon.
Is the tang full length?
This would argue against a rehilt of an originally traditional kampilan.
Too bad I don't have a takouba to swap you

tom hyle · 15th August 2011, 05:20 PM

Those look like orbital sander marks, BTW; probably not original to the blade

14th August 2011, 10:02 AM	#1
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	blade apears to be a Lumad kampilan; how long is it (the blade)? Hilt appears to be Batangas or Bikol/Southern Luzon. Is the tang full length? This would argue against a rehilt of an originally traditional kampilan. Too bad I don't have a takouba to swap you

15th August 2011, 05:20 PM	#2
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	Those look like orbital sander marks, BTW; probably not original to the blade