Kampilan Variations

Battara · 2nd July 2013, 03:53 AM

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Originally Posted by drac2k

Thanks for your comments, I agree.Any idea on the brass handled variation.

Well the brass handle is either from a French or US Civil War artillery sword and does not originally belong but was placed on there at a later date, probably by a later American owner.

drac2k · 2nd July 2013, 04:43 AM

While this is possible, I don't think an American collector would sacrifice an !870 Ames Naval short sword (I have one and it matches perfectly), for what he thought might be an inferior sword. Whoever did it, did a great job, as it is penned, with no movement; the only American possibility, would be Bannerman, who did take poetic license with a lot of weapons.Guess I'll try to find one of my old Bannerman catalogs where they have kampilans for $5.00, Sundangs for$3.00,.....................and see if I can find a match.

2nd July 2013, 04:43 AM	#2
drac2k Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 1,281	While this is possible, I don't think an American collector would sacrifice an !870 Ames Naval short sword (I have one and it matches perfectly), for what he thought might be an inferior sword. Whoever did it, did a great job, as it is penned, with no movement; the only American possibility, would be Bannerman, who did take poetic license with a lot of weapons.Guess I'll try to find one of my old Bannerman catalogs where they have kampilans for $5.00, Sundangs for$3.00,.....................and see if I can find a match.