Unusual Kampilan

MaharlikaTimawa · 4th September 2015, 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Battara

Is it me or does the back look like Visayan work?

I'd figure that the kampilan was mostly made by the moros while the ones seen in the Visayas and luzon regions were imported from Mindanao, no?

Battara · 5th September 2015, 01:45 AM

Actually yes and no. Although Luzon stopped using kampilans early on, Visayans either imported the kampilan blades or made their own. Certainly the hilts and scabbards the Visayans made themselves.

This is also true of the Lumad peoples.

5th September 2015, 01:45 AM	#2
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,345	Actually yes and no. Although Luzon stopped using kampilans early on, Visayans either imported the kampilan blades or made their own. Certainly the hilts and scabbards the Visayans made themselves. This is also true of the Lumad peoples.