I'd Love to Learn More About This N. Philippines Sword

[xasterix]

Originally Posted by Rick

Here is a JC.

Rick, nice sample, looks really well-preserved!

pbleed, I have no idea right now- but I have blades with that kind of scabbard too, strange that I've never tried them on...will update you once I"ve worn them

[Rafngard]

Originally Posted by xasterix

pbleed, I have no idea right now- but I have blades with that kind of scabbard too, strange that I've never tried them on...will update you once I"ve worn them

I think I've seen a photo, maybe from Batangas?, of someone wearing a something like this with the "belt" diagonally across the chest, from one shoulder to the opposite hip, like a messenger bag. I can't find it right now but I think he was pictured with a pile of coconuts. This might explain the way the belt goes diagonally across the sheath.

I'll see if I can find it.

Thanks,
Leif

[xasterix]

Originally Posted by Rafngard

I think I've seen a photo, maybe from Batangas?, of someone wearing a something like this with the "belt" diagonally across the chest, from one shoulder to the opposite hip, like a messenger bag. I can't find it right now but I think he was pictured with a pile of coconuts. This might explain the way the belt goes diagonally across the sheath.

I'll see if I can find it.

Thanks,
Leif

Hallo Leif, here. I'm wearing a modern Southern Luzon trad blade, from Laguna, that's a province near Batangas. Same scabbard tieup style

[Ian]

I posted an old stereo picture a while ago of coconut workers in Laguna Province. Their bolos are quite well depicted, and the sheaths have a simple arrangement for suspension, with the belt angled across the sheath. Those pictures are here.

[xasterix]

Originally Posted by Ian

I posted an old stereo picture a while ago of coconut workers in Laguna Province. Their bolos are quite well depicted, and the sheaths have a simple arrangement for suspension, with the belt angled across the sheath. Those pictures are here.

Yup, thanks for the pic! Same way that I'm wearing it. It must be a Tagalog thing, that suspension type.

[Rafngard]

My memory must just be going. The price of getting older I suppose.

Beats the alternative though.

Awesome pics from both of you btw.

Thanks,
Leif

[Rick]

Originally Posted by xasterix

Rick, nice sample, looks really well-preserved!

Xasterix, could you put a name to this blade pattern if you know it; and could you guess at the approximate age?

I gather that JC is not making bladed weapons now?
Thank you.

[Battara]

Xasterix and Ian, I was thinking of that exact same steropicture when you mentioned the suspension.

Tagalog? - sure. Though I wonder if others did this as well.....

[xasterix]

Originally Posted by Rick

Xasterix, could you put a name to this blade pattern if you know it; and could you guess at the approximate age?

I gather that JC is not making bladed weapons now?
Thank you.

Hi Rick, from a Taal/Batangas perspective, they called that 'kinampit' as per a 1917 reference. It's confusing because there's also a 'kinampit' blade profile in Panay, Visayas.

But from a modern Laguna perspective, they call that blade profile 'uhas tari.' The latter name (uhas tari) has different blade profiles depending on the area. But from what I've gathered, the profile originated from Bicol region.

[Rick]

Thank you very much Xasterix.

[xasterix]

Originally Posted by Rick

Thank you very much Xasterix.

I forgot to give an age estimate. Preww2 I think. 1930s, possibly earlier