Information AboutKampilan |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT KAMPILAN | |
| malayan swords | |
| visayan culture | |
| visayan history | |
| filipino culture | |
| asian swords | |
| moro | |
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It is single edged and about 34 to 40 inches long.The hilt is quite long to counterbalance the weight and length of the blade. Most hilts are in hardwood, invariably with the same shape : a cross guard (sampak) and a pommel shaped in an animal's wide open mouth, crocodile or Naga , with okir carvings. Some hilts have goat hair decoration. The blade is thick and narrow at its base while it gets thinner and wider to the truncated point. Some blades have a spike to the point. Original Kampilans have a laminated blade with a central layer of steel, some older ones show a pamor specific to the Moro pattern-welding process.It is comparable in strength and resilience in battle to the Japanese Katana . A Kampilan REFERENCES http://perso.wanadoo.fr/taman.sari/swords/klewang/kampilan/kampilan.htm SEE ALSO
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