Can someone ID this vintage mini balisong?

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Mario
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Can someone ID this vintage mini balisong?

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I picked this up yesterday at an antique store.

Appears to have brass handles and bone inlays (a piece of which is broken off). It didn’t have a center stop pin so I made one for it out of a nail.

There aren’t any markings. Could it be an old Filipino one?
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portlandmike
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Re: Can someone ID this vintage mini balisong?

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looks like a Filipino to me ... unusual top bolsters on that one.
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Vagabund
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Re: Can someone ID this vintage mini balisong?

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Very early Filipino
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button_man
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Re: Can someone ID this vintage mini balisong?

Post by button_man »

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Very similar to mine: same front liner ends that are angled instead of being rounded; same bone scales; similar Bowie-style blade, except mine has a bit more sweep to it. No markings of any kind.

People have said "very old" but nobody wants to put any kind of actual time frame on it. Pre-WW II? Pre-WW I?
Pre-1900? Who knows...?

Size: 2 + 7/16" closed ---- 4 + 3/8" open
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