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Originally Posted by Battara
Greetings folks. Here are pics of a tailbon variant that just ended. The blade is typical tailbon/garab shape, but the wood hilt with bronze fittings is different.
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Yup, that's nice. I'm postulating that it's Samar or Leyte-origin, because there have been provenanced Samar or Leyte sundang with a similar hilt; they also added a pin to higher-rank sundang. I'm also postulating it's WW2 era, because the "shield" guard was popular during that time, plus its relatively long blade length (22in). Although a friend of mine believes it could also be from Bohol or Negros Oriental (both of which also had pinned WW2-era blades).