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The gunong is a knife from Mindanao and the Visayas islands of the Philippines. In ancient past, it was called bunong by the Tagalog people. It is essentially a diminutive form of the larger kalis or
An antique gunong from Mindanao.
T'boli and Mandaya badao daggers with sheaths in the National Museum of Anthropology
Kalis
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A kalis is a type of Philippine sword derived from the wider Southeast Asian, originally Javanese keris, better known as kris. It differs in that the Philippine kris or kalis tends to be a sword, not
Gunong
…the Visayas islands of the Philippines. In ancient past, it was called bunong by the Tagalog people. It is essentially a diminutive form of the larger kalis or kris. The gunong serves both as a utility knife and as a thrusting weapon used for close quarter fighting—usually as a last defense. It is most often…
Moro kalis nomenclature, given in Tausūg, Maranao, and Maguindanao. This particular sword has a kakatua (cockatoo) pommel.
In this example, the blade's lamination pattern and the darker high-carbon cutting edge of the blade are visible. This harder high-carbon cutting edge is termed as "sinubo" (roughly, "sandwiched").
The demarcation line indicating the separate gangya (guard) can be seen.
Two Filipino swords, a kampilan (longer, with a crocodile pommel) and a kalis (shorter, with a cockatoo pommel), photographed side by side to demonstrate their size relative to each other.