A Kampilan blade - from where?

[migueldiaz]

Vinny, we can't see the pics Can you please repost them? Thanks.

[Spunjer]

I remember as a kid, i was told those old singko sentimos (the big ones), were good deterrents for evil spirits. No wonder, since it was made out of copper or brass

[migueldiaz]

Originally Posted by Spunjer

I remember as a kid, i was told those old singko sentimos (the big ones), were good deterrents for evil spirits. No wonder, since it was made out of copper or brass

interesting, thanks!

i also recently learned from anthropology professors here in the country of one related folk belief. that is, if a baby can't get to sleep at night and cries a lot, the traditional belief is that one should place a knife or scissors (or any other metal) underneath the duyan (cradle) of the baby.

i guess the thinking there is that perhaps the baby is getting bothered by bad spirits. and the metal is supposed to ward away those pesky spirits.

so i told the professors that that explains why i sleep so soundly at night. and that's because i have plenty of them blades even under my bed!

[kronckew]

i have a newish 'villager' dyak parang that has a pair of brass dots, tho they're nearer the pointy end. i seem to recall being told that the smiths would drill a hole thru there to show the customer it was steel all the way thru, then they'd peen a brass piece flat in it to fill it up. there is a similar hole in the krewit near the grip where you can see the brass slug was not initially round as it's not completely filling the hole on one side. i suspect they are just a traditional decoration like copper & brass inlays on my flyssa, dhas, etc...

[tom hyle]

sometimes the dots are silver.