My New PI 1st Republic General's Dagger

Battara · 6th October 2013, 06:12 AM

Finally, one more thing to notice: the hilt is made of horn with silver nails in it. It is in the shape of a coiled snake, or a snake coiled around a geko. There was a similar hilt on a Filipino 1st Republic sword here:

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...atipunan+sword

Any comments are welcome.

Rich · 6th October 2013, 07:03 AM

Beautiful knife. Much above the quality I usually associated with Filipino knives. (Of which I am totally ignorant except in the most general terms)
Very nice. Looks very European actually.

Rich

carlos · 6th October 2013, 08:25 AM

Wow !!

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very beautiful dagger, I think is a great adquisition, and the handle is very similar to sword link.
Congratulations
Best regards

Carlos

Ferguson · 6th October 2013, 02:10 PM

Congratulations Jose! What an amazing and important piece. I've so glad it found its way to you.

Steve

Sajen · 6th October 2013, 03:01 PM

Amazing!

Glad that it found the way to you!

Regards,

Detlef

David · 6th October 2013, 05:50 PM

Wonderful find! Congrats!

Spunjer · 6th October 2013, 06:18 PM

Heck of a piece you got there, bro! very happy for you that you're replacing your stolen pieces with quality ones!
indeed, this piece is from the 1st republic. really hard to find quality pieces from the tagalog region in the revolution era, so you are a very lucky person, my friend. i'm enamored with the unusual handle on that one, whereas the relatively common ones are plain, elongated football shape.
now i'm wondering about this which-come-first-the-chicken-or-the-egg question: would this be a stylized version of the other type of handle in which it's wrapped with silver and/or brass wire (which i refer to as the barber pole type), or would yours be the older style and the barber pole type be the later version? something to think about...
by the way, i don't think that's a gecko; i believe it's a bayawak, or monitor lizard. there has to be a meaning behind that snake eating a bayawak. can't find anything doing a quick google search about some forgotten legend regarding this two animals. perhaps a more thorough search? the bayawak could also represent spain, with the snake representing the filipino people...

kino · 7th October 2013, 02:53 AM

Impressive!!!
Love the stars on the scabbard.
I recall Miguel Diaz mentioning that Filipino Christian and Muslim blades have symbols of heaven and the underworld on their weapons. I think this is a good example the stars representing heaven and the serpent the underworld.
Congrats on a good find.

6th October 2013, 06:12 AM	#1
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,280	Finally, one more thing to notice: the hilt is made of horn with silver nails in it. It is in the shape of a coiled snake, or a snake coiled around a geko. There was a similar hilt on a Filipino 1st Republic sword here: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...atipunan+sword Any comments are welcome.

6th October 2013, 07:03 AM	#2
Rich Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: comfortably at home, USA Posts: 432	Beautiful knife. Much above the quality I usually associated with Filipino knives. (Of which I am totally ignorant except in the most general terms) Very nice. Looks very European actually. Rich

6th October 2013, 08:25 AM	#3
carlos Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 751	Wow !! l very beautiful dagger, I think is a great adquisition, and the handle is very similar to sword link. Congratulations Best regards Carlos

6th October 2013, 02:10 PM	#4
Ferguson Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Kernersville, NC, USA Posts: 793	Congratulations Jose! What an amazing and important piece. I've so glad it found its way to you. Steve

6th October 2013, 03:01 PM	#5
Sajen Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany, Dortmund Posts: 9,212	Amazing! Glad that it found the way to you! Regards, Detlef

6th October 2013, 05:50 PM	#6
David Keris forum moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 7,218	Wonderful find! Congrats!

6th October 2013, 06:18 PM	#7
Spunjer Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Witness Protection Program Posts: 1,730	Heck of a piece you got there, bro! very happy for you that you're replacing your stolen pieces with quality ones! indeed, this piece is from the 1st republic. really hard to find quality pieces from the tagalog region in the revolution era, so you are a very lucky person, my friend. i'm enamored with the unusual handle on that one, whereas the relatively common ones are plain, elongated football shape. now i'm wondering about this which-come-first-the-chicken-or-the-egg question: would this be a stylized version of the other type of handle in which it's wrapped with silver and/or brass wire (which i refer to as the barber pole type), or would yours be the older style and the barber pole type be the later version? something to think about... by the way, i don't think that's a gecko; i believe it's a bayawak, or monitor lizard. there has to be a meaning behind that snake eating a bayawak. can't find anything doing a quick google search about some forgotten legend regarding this two animals. perhaps a more thorough search? the bayawak could also represent spain, with the snake representing the filipino people...

7th October 2013, 02:53 AM	#8
kino Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,018	Impressive!!! Love the stars on the scabbard. I recall Miguel Diaz mentioning that Filipino Christian and Muslim blades have symbols of heaven and the underworld on their weapons. I think this is a good example the stars representing heaven and the serpent the underworld. Congrats on a good find.