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Post by friedchicken on Feb 17, 2019 21:35:25 GMT
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Post by Timo Nieminen on Feb 17, 2019 21:42:56 GMT
It's a bolo. Blade and guard are common Philippine styles. The guard suggests Luzon. The cast metal pommel is unusual, and this might have been newly made for sale to tourists when your father bought it.
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christain
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Post by christain on Feb 17, 2019 22:19:47 GMT
The pommel looks a bit like someone trying to emulate the dragon head on the 'Highlander' katana's. That's the way it struck me at first glance anyway. ?
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Post by Timo Nieminen on Feb 17, 2019 23:45:09 GMT
Heads appear on traditional Philippine pommels: This style, with a back-facing head with an open mouth making a forked pommel is a less common type of head (except on kampilans), but, as seen above, is used. It's having it as part of a metal pommel rather than integral to the grip that's more unusual.
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