Knives

Without a doubt, the most essential tool in the Philippines is the small, utilitarian sportsman's knife, used for everything from harvesting palm fronds, to dispatching prey, to digging holes.The majority of agricultural tribes make their own knives; nomadic peoples like the Agta purchase theirs from others.

To the bolo, halfway between knife and sword, now falls many of the functions once handled by the battle ax.

As with swords, skill in the manufacture of daggers is most developed in the south, where the steel and brass virtuosity of Toledo was imparted to the natives by invading Mohammedans.

Ifugao game knife and sheath Agta knife with leather sheath Agta knife and sheath, circa 1900 Ifugao game knife and sheath Large bolo knife, provenience not recorded. Grip fashioned of abaca fiber. The Ifugao hangap bolo is an essential part of the livery person standing Brass and bone belt dagger from Mindanao Moslem "Malay dagger" and sheath of brass and iron

Miscellaneous Knives

Utility knife "Malay dagger" and wooden sheath Malay dagger and sheath