File:Luzon kalinga head axe.JPG
Summary
The above blade is commonly referred to as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Kalingao" class="extiw" title="w:en:Kalingao">Kalinga</a> head axe of the people of northern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Luzon" class="extiw" title="w:en:Luzon">Luzon</a> in the Philippines.
Perhaps north Luzon highland axe is a more accurate term because the axe is used not only in the Kalinga region but in other regions as well.
The axe serves as both weapon and tool. As a tool, it is used as an adze, as a grappling hook when climbing slopes, as a kitchen blade, for circumcision and as shaver in the olden days, among many other uses.
The typical axe has a handle made of plain wood. The above sample has copper 'staples' for enhanced grip. The cutting edge of the blade also shows a bi-metal construction -- the cutting edge itself is made of darker harder steel, sandwiched by softer lighter-color steel.
Overall length: Handle length: 445 mm or 17.5 inches (including the 100-mm or 3.9-inch ferrule); Blade length: 350 mm (13.8 inches); Blade width: 65 mm (2.6 inches); Blade thickness at spine: 3 mm (1/8 inch) at front, 2 mm (5/64 inch) at middle, and 5 mm (3/16 inch) at the rear (spike end)
The non-uniform thickness of the blade's spine is a quick way of determining whether a Kalinga head axe is an old and genuine one, or a "tourist" version.
Other uploaded materials by the same author are here:
(a) <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Weapons_of_the_Luzon_people_of_the_Philippines" title="Category:Weapons of the Luzon people of the Philippines">Luzon weapons</a>; (b) <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Weapons_of_the_Visayan_people_of_the_Philippines" title="Category:Weapons of the Visayan people of the Philippines">Visayan weapons</a>; (c) <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Weapons_of_the_Moro_people_of_the_Philippines" title="Category:Weapons of the Moro people of the Philippines">Moro weapons</a>; and (d) <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Weapons_of_the_Lumad_people_of_the_Philippines" title="Category:Weapons of the Lumad people of the Philippines">Lumad (non-Moro Mindanao) weapons</a>
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| current | 05:31, 8 January 2017 | | 962 × 724 (331 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | The above blade is commonly referred to as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Kalingao" class="extiw" title="w:en:Kalingao">Kalinga</a> head axe of the people of northern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Luzon" class="extiw" title="w:en:Luzon">Luzon</a> in the Philippines. <p>Perhaps <b>north Luzon highland axe</b> is a more accurate term because the axe is used not only in the Kalinga region but in other regions as well. </p> <p>The axe serves as both weapon and tool. As a tool, it is used as an adze, as a grappling hook when climbing slopes, as a kitchen blade, for circumcision and as shaver in the olden days, among many other uses. </p> <p>The typical axe has a handle made of plain wood. The above sample has copper 'staples' for enhanced grip. The cutting edge of the blade also shows a bi-metal construction -- the cutting edge itself is made of darker harder steel, sandwiched by softer lighter-color steel. </p> <p>Overall length: Handle length: 445 mm or 17.5 inches (including the 100-mm or 3.9-inch ferrule); Blade length: 350 mm (13.8 inches); Blade width: 65 mm (2.6 inches); Blade thickness at spine: 3 mm (1/8 inch) at front, 2 mm (5/64 inch) at middle, and 5 mm (3/16 inch) at the rear (spike end) </p> <p>The non-uniform thickness of the blade's spine is a quick way of determining whether a Kalinga head axe is an old and genuine one, or a "tourist" version. </p> <p>Other uploaded materials by the same author are here: </p> (a) <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Weapons_of_the_Luzon_people_of_the_Philippines" title="Category:Weapons of the Luzon people of the Philippines">Luzon weapons</a>; (b) <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Weapons_of_the_Visayan_people_of_the_Philippines" title="Category:Weapons of the Visayan people of the Philippines">Visayan weapons</a>; (c) <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Weapons_of_the_Moro_people_of_the_Philippines" title="Category:Weapons of the Moro people of the Philippines">Moro weapons</a>; and (d) <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Weapons_of_the_Lumad_people_of_the_Philippines" title="Category:Weapons of the Lumad people of the Philippines">Lumad (non-Moro Mindanao) weapons</a> |
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