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I agree, corn/cane knife. -RB

Glad, I am not crazy. -RB

Obviously you haven’t been to the Philippines. It’s also known as the land of the blue carabao! Ok, sanded and dyed. -RB

New Chopper from the Philippines Got this in a market right before I left. It struck me as a Rambo 4 looking knife with similar dimensions. The Blade is about 12” long with an overall length of 18 ½” inches. Steel choice…you guessed it, 5160 leaf spring steel. Full tang with carabao...

Tom, Subic Bay. Thanks for sharing. I was in the Subic Forest a few weeks ago with the Aetas. Learned a lot! I got a few bolos from Bagiuo, Pangasinan, and Legazpi on this trip. -RB

J- Thanks. Tom- Nice one, looks like a bowie bolo. Carabao horn is really comfortable, looks like it came from Pangasinan. Smokey- Glad it could help. Jeep (Jeepney) springs left over from the war is what they use here in the Philippines. In Thailand and Malaysia they use their version...

My answer was meant for you, but I didn’t know how to directly quote you while answering. A bolo is definitely characterized by a long blade with a weight forward design, usually with a deep belly or recurve. They are hand forged from a leaf spring (5160 steel). The Filipinos call them bolos or...

This will stir you all up. Check out the knife second from the bottom. It's a Thai E Nep, but I would say, "that looks like a kukuri!" -RB

Sorry, if I didn't answer all the questions, not really sure how to multi-quote here yet! -RB

That Parang style 3rd one down looks cool and a great contrast from your other knives! -RB

Sorry for the late reply. I am still here in the Philippines, but about to fly out in a few days. Last year I was here for a while and got to travel around while doing a story for a magazine called Tactical Knives. I learned a lot about bolos and continue to. A bolo is definitely characterized...

Yes, the plain edge versions didn't come with much of a point so I had them modified a little. Thanks for looking.

Cool, I love a good picture thread!

Filipino Bolos Hi all, I'm new on this forum. I read a post here about old bolos from the Philippines. While in the Philippines I was exposed to more Bolos than one human should ever see! Just wanted to share them with you all here as it seems there is a fondness for big choppers here, hope...