help with stamp in kampilan-blade!

Maurice · 8th October 2008, 10:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kai

Any signs of lamination?

Not too long ago there was a kampilan on offer with LONDON stamped at the base of the blade (I'll try to post a pic). Seems like European companies exported blades close enough to local specifications that these ended up in genuine ethnographic pieces.

Hello Kai, it could be that there is lamination. But I am not sure. I asked him to take some pics which will be pasted in this thread.

Quote:

Originally Posted by kai

Could the last be 0 (zero) rather than O? From the pic on the other thread, I believe that the middle letters were not O (maybe C, maybe something else...)..

It could be a zero but I am not sure. But I meant I certain had seen a C and not the O like in WOOO

But the mark in the thread Gav refers to seems like the same mark. Only in the kampilan I saw clearly 2 C's in the middle!

I'll come back with pics on this one!

Kind regards,
Maurice

Maurice · 11th October 2008, 08:28 PM

Here are the pics of the whole kampilan, and also of the stamp ofcourse.

When I look at the stamp in the other thread Gav referred to, I see the same spaces between each lettres. So to me it is exactly the same lettres stamped in the blades.

Rick · 11th October 2008, 08:41 PM

So I threw it into the search machine thingy and here's what I got :

http://www.watertownhistory.org/Arti...Blacksmith.htm
See the last line .
Seems like it was a fairly large Mfr.

Could also fit the time frame; pre-40's WC CO stamped on the blade as noted .

Soo, the Kampilan blade *could* be a remanufactured machete or implement .

No ?

Henk · 12th October 2008, 11:03 AM

I think you hit the nail right on the head, Rick.
Well done!!

Rick · 12th October 2008, 04:32 PM

Hi Henk and Maurice, it may be so .

The only glitch here is that Washington Cutlery didn't export *as far as I know* ,but that doesn't mean that their implements weren't carried abroad by American Soldiers/Adventurers/Planters .

Maurice · 12th October 2008, 04:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rick

So I threw it into the search machine thingy and here's what I got :

http://www.watertownhistory.org/Arti...Blacksmith.htm

Thanks Rick!

Next time I'll use the search machine first!

But now everyone nows were WC CO is standing for! And not the WOOO!!!

Kind regards,
Maurice

11th October 2008, 08:28 PM	#2
Maurice Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,462	Here are the pics of the whole kampilan, and also of the stamp ofcourse. When I look at the stamp in the other thread Gav referred to, I see the same spaces between each lettres. So to me it is exactly the same lettres stamped in the blades. Attached Images

11th October 2008, 08:41 PM	#3
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,376	WC CO So I threw it into the search machine thingy and here's what I got : http://www.watertownhistory.org/Arti...Blacksmith.htm See the last line . Seems like it was a fairly large Mfr. Could also fit the time frame; pre-40's WC CO stamped on the blade as noted . Soo, the Kampilan blade could be a remanufactured machete or implement . No ? Attached Images Last edited by Rick; 11th October 2008 at 08:54 PM.

12th October 2008, 11:03 AM	#4
Henk Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,209	I think you hit the nail right on the head, Rick. Well done!!

12th October 2008, 04:32 PM	#5
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,376	Hi Henk and Maurice, it may be so . The only glitch here is that Washington Cutlery didn't export as far as I know ,but that doesn't mean that their implements weren't carried abroad by American Soldiers/Adventurers/Planters .