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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;komokwa, post: 4527890, member: 301&quot;]I&#039;ve come down on the side of a Panay Island Ginunting ...</p><p>a traditional Philipino sword.</p><p>Though it seems to be sporting a newer Talibong pommel.</p><p>The blade style is seen on the 2nd from the top.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/imce/swords_incl_927.59.47_small.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>attribution...the ROM...</p><p><br /></p><p>Swords are described in the first Spanish accounts, accounting the death of Magellan. The native Filipinos used bamboo spears, at times with iron points, and shields; but in the final assault used curved swords. The names of Filipino swords vary across the islands, and examination of the literature will give different names to the same weapon, and attribute different origins to weapons that look the same. For instance the machete-like <i>bolo</i> is also a <i>sundáng,&nbsp; binangon,talibong,</i> or an <i>iták</i>&nbsp; while sometimes it seems names can be put together, for instance the lion-headed <i>tenegre</i> sword might also be called a <i>bolo</i> because of the blade.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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