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<p>[QUOTE="Firemandk, post: 894691, member: 7258"]They all look Filipino to me . The "Moro" stores in downtown Davao all sell these , and a few "Antique shops" in Manila / Cebu. When I first went there in 2002 you could still find "real" ones , not "Made to look old w/ 1898 American coins (fake?)" now, not so many . There was an antique store in the upper floors of SM Mega Mall in Mandaluyong that still had what I would call "Real" ones in 2017 ? , last time I was there . I am not an expert. Some look like a mixture of new and old , possibly old blade , new handle and scabbard . Some look very authentic . The price is always crazy high in the Philippines at a "tourist" shop or "Antique Shop" . My prize find was a "Panabas" bought here in California that was listed at auction as a "ethnic Machete".....lol...it is very authentic right down to the woven "decorations / hand guard ?" and Betal nut lime rubbed into the little dots on the handles , probably an American soldier bring back from the Philippine American War period 1899 -1902 . Thats a nice collection either way , I would be ecstatic to find that at a garage sale in California.....[ATTACH=full]199806[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Firemandk, post: 894691, member: 7258"]They all look Filipino to me . The "Moro" stores in downtown Davao all sell these , and a few "Antique shops" in Manila / Cebu. When I first went there in 2002 you could still find "real" ones , not "Made to look old w/ 1898 American coins (fake?)" now, not so many . There was an antique store in the upper floors of SM Mega Mall in Mandaluyong that still had what I would call "Real" ones in 2017 ? , last time I was there . I am not an expert. Some look like a mixture of new and old , possibly old blade , new handle and scabbard . Some look very authentic . The price is always crazy high in the Philippines at a "tourist" shop or "Antique Shop" . My prize find was a "Panabas" bought here in California that was listed at auction as a "ethnic Machete".....lol...it is very authentic right down to the woven "decorations / hand guard ?" and Betal nut lime rubbed into the little dots on the handles , probably an American soldier bring back from the Philippine American War period 1899 -1902 . Thats a nice collection either way , I would be ecstatic to find that at a garage sale in California.....[ATTACH=full]199806[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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