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Message:: [QUOTE="Firemandk, post: 607354, member: 7258"]If I had found them I would  have grabbed them in a heart beat ! With the Philippine edged weapons, the older tourist ones were really nice , and even "tourist" ones are a relative term as Americans were bringing these home since at least 1898 ( The Philippine ones ) , and any smart weapons maker would have been banging these out for the yankee dollar post 1899. In 2002 in Davao you could actually find some Philippine edged weapons that sort of fell in between , maybe tourist trade items made in the 1940- 1950  period. These days , just a lot of Tourist items made to look old with American period coins embedded in the handles. A few "real" ones  in "antique" shops, at huge prices. Lots of similarities in style especially in the Moro weapons , the swords.  I have a Panabas I bought at auction here in California that was listed in the catalog as an "ethnic Machete" that is 1900 period and beautiful and cost me a whole $65 .... my prize in my small  collection.[/QUOTE]