Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd December 2023, 05:50 AM
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Replies: 1
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Budiak dagger update
Hello,
This is the updated budiak/dagger. We commissioned a moro artist in Jolo, Sulu to make a sheath (out of old wood)- and put some okir on the hilt.
Voila....enjoy and the best of the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th December 2023, 10:09 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 17,302
GINUNTING
Hi,
The seller of this blade hails from Taytay (Rizal). At first glance, my father's impression is that this is a Rizal blade- but having what type of blade profile? A panday(renowned blacksmith...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th December 2023, 02:22 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 77,188
Pira
Hi,
I mean the hilt form/style. My father said that somewhere he read that this form/style(hilt) is the rarest. Well it took him awhile to get one. And he has been collecting Moro swords since...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th December 2023, 07:28 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 77,188
PIRA
Hello Friends,
A gift from my father. Said to be one of the rarest form of the Moro pira/swords.
The horn hilt- in the shape of a cockatoo's head(pommel) with a long pommel
extension....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th December 2023, 12:26 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 12,695
visayan sword for identification
Hi,
I got in touch with some 'pandays' in Leyte and they informed me that the blade is not Leyte made. A suggestion was made that this particular blade was made in Western Samar (called a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th December 2023, 10:00 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 12,695
visayan sword for identification
Hello friends,
This just came in. It came from a family that originally hails from Negros (oriental/occidental). The son, the seller, tells us that this was his father's prized possession.
Is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd December 2023, 05:53 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 10,003
BUDIAK DUMAGAT
Hi,
Fresh from the Dumagat tribe of Rizal province. A spear used by the Dumagat* people to hunt wild hogs since time immemorial.
I'm having it restored.
Length: 9 inches (socketed) with a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th November 2023, 12:51 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 24,745
sulu budiak
Hi,
another one is on its way to us. A moro budiak from Jolo- but has a hilt of a sword/dagger. Unfortunately, no scabbard.
A laminated beauty. Will post more clear and presentable pictures...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th November 2023, 12:47 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 32,739
budiak
Hi,
I have shown the pictures of this spear head/budiak to my dear colleague (source of my and my father's endless supply of moro blades, he he). In his honest opinion, upfront, it may not a moro...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th November 2023, 05:41 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 16,199
talibong
The son of the previous owner (rest his soul) tells me that this was bequeathed to his father way back in 2009. Originally from his grandfather.
Im IMHO (and from the story of the seller)-...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th November 2023, 05:31 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 32,739
budiak?
Yes. that's what I'm gonna do in order to preserve this old artifact. :-)
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th November 2023, 05:28 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 25,845
Moro budiak
Hello,
the brass collar is separate from the budiak. There ls a tang inside the collar that fixes it to the shaft. (and the collar is separate and fits over the shaft).
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th November 2023, 04:30 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 16,199
talibong
Hello friends,
This came from the same Bacolod seller. OAL: 29.75 inches/ blade: 23.25 inches. Unfortunately, there is no scabbard.
My father tells me it's a talibong with a bakutan blade...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th November 2023, 04:23 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 32,739
budiak?
Hello,
This came to us yesterday. The seller is from Bacolod (Negros Occidental). Part of his father's collection.
OAL: 11.5 inches/ blade: 8 inches. The collar, in my opinion, is a water 'gi'...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th November 2023, 04:14 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 25,845
Moro bukiak
Hello friends,
Sharing a moro budiak from Jolo, Sulu. (Note: blade is 13 inches). OAL: 19.75 inches. Enjoy
Yves
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st September 2023, 11:55 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 23,233
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th August 2023, 10:13 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 14,731
Lumad kris
Hello friends,
Just arrived from Puerto Princesa, Palawan. A lumad (Palawan'on) kris.
OAL: 26.5 inches/ blade: 20.75 inches.
Enjoy and kind regards,
Yves
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd August 2023, 01:14 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 23,233
Sinan Gabriela silang bolo
Thank u all.
Additional info:
1) Estrelyas- the brass part on the tip of the pommel
2) Lapayag - the brass ornament on the upper part of the scabbard
3) Suyong - the brass ornament at...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st August 2023, 06:49 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 23,233
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st August 2023, 06:23 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 4,252
Maguindanao kris?
Hello,
Up for restoration which I believe is a Maguindanaoan kris.
Enjoy
Yves
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st August 2023, 06:20 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 23,233
Sinan Gabriela Silang bolo
Hello,
Excited and pleased to share with you an unusual piece- a Sinan Gabriela Silang/Gabrila bolo with a 'ganado' blade profile.
It was given as a souvenir by the late Governor Carmeling P....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th April 2023, 01:31 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 10,873
Minasbad dinlayap
Hello,
An update. This info came from a renowned minasbad person:
1) yes, it's closer to a pinaniki (usually he says, that it would have been a kinabayo for this type of a minasbad);
2) wood:...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th April 2023, 02:06 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 10,873
Minasbad Dinalayap
Hello friends,
a Bicol minasbad dinalayap from Bicol.
OAL: 26 inches, with an 18.5-inch blade.
(we're still trying to deteremine what kind of wood used for the scabbard and hilt).
The...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th April 2023, 05:34 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 4,746
GINUGON SWORD
Hello,
Sharing this newly-commissioned blade called a GINUGON (blade shaped like a leaf of the cocongrass or "Kugon" -Tagalog and Visayan).
OAL: 26-inches/ blade: 18.5 inches
Hilt: mango root...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th April 2023, 03:52 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 5,865
BALARAW/BALARAO BADAW
Hello,
Sharing a newly-commissioned balaraw (balarao/ badaw) knife.
Made by a bladesmith from Mindoro.
OAL: 16.5 inches/ blade: 8 inches
Scabbard (and hilt): narra hardwood. The...
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