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The kampilan (Baybayin: ᜃᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜎᜈ᜔) is a type of single-edged sword, traditionally used by various ethnic groups in the Philippine archipelago. It has a distinct profile, with the tapered blade being much broader and thinner at the point than at its base, sometimes with a protruding spikelet along the flat side of the tip.
Popularly known as the Kampilan Division, it is one of the Philippine Army's infantry units in Central Mindanao. History The ...
The lowlanders of Luzon no longer used the bararao, while the Moros and animists of the south still continue the tradition of making kampilan and kris. [10] Swords ( kalis and kampilan ) were either straight or wavy double-edged, with bronze or iron blades and hilts made of hardwoods, bone, antler , shell, or, for high ranking individuals, gold ...
A bolo (Tagalog: iták/gúlok, Ilocano: bunéng, Ibanag: badáng/aliwa, Pangasinan: baráng, Kapampangan: paláng, Bikol: tabák/minasbad, Cebuano: súndang/kampilan, Waray: sansibar, Hiligaynon: sandúko/binangon, Aklan: talibong) is a general term for traditional pre-colonial small- to medium-sized single-edged swords or large knives of the Philippines that function both as tools and weapons.
Tabak; Talibon - The Talibong or Talibon is a sword that has an overstated belly and was commonly used by the ladies in the northern Philippines during the later part of the Spanish era and the early American regime.
The term sword used here is a narrow definition. This is not a general List of premodern combat weapons and does not include the machete , macuahuitl or similar "sword-like" weapons. African swords
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T'boli and Mandaya badao daggers with sheaths in the National Museum of Anthropology An Iranun pirate from Sabah (formerly part of the Sultanate of Sulu), with a kampilan, a gunong dagger tucked in his sash, and a budjak (spear) The gunong is a dagger variant of the kalis, a Philippine sword derived from the Indonesian kris dagger. The gunong ...