Weapon Design Project

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THE KAMPILLIAN LOOKS LIKE IT MAY BE MORE THE LEGNTH OF THE TIBOLI SWORDS THAN THE MORO KAMPILIAN. THE MORO KAMPILIAN IS A VERY LONG SWORD WHICH WOULD BE QUITE A BIT DIFFERENT THAN USING THE SHORTER TIBOLI/BAGABO SIZE WHICH IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF SOME DAYAK MANDAU. OTHER THAN THAT THEY LOOK LIKE THEY WOULD WORK WELL FOR PRACICE. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND SOME GOOD INFORMATION ON KAMPILIAN SIZES AND STYLE BY SEARCHING THE ARCHIVES.
I FINALLY TOOK SOME PICTURES OF THE SWORD WITH THE BUILT IN KNUCKLE DUSTER I THINK IT WOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS A SANSABAR. THERE IS INFORMATION ON THEM IN AN OLD POST BY ROBERT COLEMAN "LONG PHILIPPINE SWORDS" ON 11/30/2005 THERE WAS ALSO A LINK
http://www.cebueskrima.s5.com/photo5.html IT HAS A SITE WITH SOME HISTORY AND PICTURES OF THE TYPE THERE IS SOME SIMULARITY TO MY EXAMPLE IN THE HILTS BUT NOT A COMPLETE GAURD. I SUSPECT MINE MAY BE A EARLIER TYPE FROM THE SAME AREA.
THE SIZE OF MY EXAMPLE IS 31.5 IN LONG IN SCABBARD, HANDLE 6 INCH, BLADE 25 AND 5 EIGHTS IN. L. THE HANDLE IS MADE OF BUFFALOW HORN, I HAVE HAD THE SWORD FOR 10 YEARS AND IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE IT WAS NEWLY MADE WHEN I GOT IT BUT NOT REAL OLD EITHER.