Help Please

fearn · 24th January 2005, 12:06 AM

Let's see: the "pommel" looks Philippino or Indonesian, the forward ferrule and S-guard look "Chinese" (in the broad sense), the blade could be from anywhere, but looks Chinese-ish, the sheath could be from any of the above...

Just to be different than Tom Hyle (is that Tom Hoyle in diguise? :-) ), I'll say that it came from a Chinese enclave either in Indonesia or the PI.

Neat, weird thing. Thanks for sharing it. BTW, what does the label say?

ibeam · 26th January 2005, 12:00 AM

Tom,
Thank you for the info. I had the same guess as being some sort of Chinese sword. Although, the scabbard does have some of the Visayan bolo scabbard characteristics.

Fern,
Glad to share the pics. The white label says "Philipine Moro Beheading Sword circa WWII" .

Thanks again.

24th January 2005, 12:06 AM	#1
fearn Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,247	Let's see: the "pommel" looks Philippino or Indonesian, the forward ferrule and S-guard look "Chinese" (in the broad sense), the blade could be from anywhere, but looks Chinese-ish, the sheath could be from any of the above... Just to be different than Tom Hyle (is that Tom Hoyle in diguise? :-) ), I'll say that it came from a Chinese enclave either in Indonesia or the PI. Neat, weird thing. Thanks for sharing it. BTW, what does the label say?

26th January 2005, 12:00 AM	#2
ibeam Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 134	Tom, Thank you for the info. I had the same guess as being some sort of Chinese sword. Although, the scabbard does have some of the Visayan bolo scabbard characteristics. Fern, Glad to share the pics. The white label says "Philipine Moro Beheading Sword circa WWII" . Thanks again.