Great tour of an otherwise forgotten period of US history.

@evangreen3209

6 ай бұрын

Yes, I find that most people don't know much about that period of American history. Our actions in the two wars were not always the best representation of American democracy. The first reported incidents of water boarding by US troop occurred in the Philippine-American war. About halfway through this video is some history of Wyoming's participation in the Spanish-American War. kzread.info/dash/bejne/l3x9rqmIl83YdLw.html

Thank you. Very interesting. I am Belarusian and am currently in Indonesia. I got myself a similar machete knife for chopping branches, opening coconuts and just collecting. In Indonesia, such knives are often called Golok or Parang, although they have their own varieties. I watch many of your videos. Thank you for filming them. Hello to you :)

@evangreen3209

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment. Sounds like you have an interesting life. I appreciate your interest. And hello to you, my friend.

@shoshyn3681

6 ай бұрын

Thank you. I really liked one knife, like a boning knife, in one of your videos about Frontier knives. I even sketched his drawing on my paper. You know, it sounds great to a lot of people around me that you're in Wyoming, haha. It seems to everyone that you have an interesting life there :)) I look forward to your new videos.

Fascinating edged weapons from the Philippines, Evan. 👍 Seeing them reminds me of something Paul Harvey said on a regular basis: "It's not one world."

It's just crazy how mankind can make so many different kinds of tools to kill each other. Some of them are even works of art! Thanks for the video, Evan.

@evangreen3209

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for your continuing support. Speaking of works of art, you might like this presentation I made for the Wyoming State Archives Lecture Series. Firearms as Art. kzread.info/dash/bejne/o6R9lpWNibrQpc4.html

@evangreen3209

6 ай бұрын

You might be interested in this video on Firearms as Art. kzread.info/dash/bejne/o6R9lpWNibrQpc4.html

During this war, the 45acp was invented and remained the us military sidearm till 1986.

@evangreen3209

6 ай бұрын

Certainly the failure of the Colt 1892 revolver in the Philippines led the US military to look for a semi automatic handgun that would duplicate the .45 Colt cartridge in the Single Action Army. The Colt 1873 in that caliber had been standard issue until about 1893.

5:20 the sword (not an agricultural implement) is similar to many others from around S.E. Asia - there are many videos showing them still being made today here on youtube

I have one like the last one. Grandpa brought it back from WW2. The blood on it indicates it was a weapon. Doesn't have the fancy bird on the end. The wooden sheath looks about the same.

I'm unfamiliar with the first two but the third one I'm pretty sure is a Langgai Tinggang (similar to a Jimpul or a Mandau but not quite the same - different blade shapes mainly)... associated with the sea Dayak of Borneo (famous sea pirates and headhunters) and decidedly not just a foraging or harvesting tool! But the hair is often animal hair (goat hair is common I think although I have seen references claiming human hair was used). I find the hilts very intriguing. They almost make the swords look like strange alien beasts. Nr 4 is a Tenegre sword. Nr 5 is a barong. The folks at the vikingsword forums can tell you much more about these then I can.

@evangreen3209

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for that recommendation. We have another six Philippine edged weapons in the collection that are not in this video. I knew from sources that the Dayak were reported to be headhunters, but did not want to use that term as people tend to misunderstand the practice. I think it was in some ways honoring the enemy? What do you think?

@jellekastelein7316

6 ай бұрын

@@evangreen3209 I'm not an expert at all, so it's probably better to ask an anthropologist, but I think it's well established that there was a tradition of headhunting among at least some Dayak tribes until the practice was banned under colonial rule (some time in the 19th century, IIRC). I was given to understand that the heads were prized possessions and that the taking of a head was a ritual practice that was supposed to give the owner of the head some sort of power over the victim in the afterlife - but take that with a grain of salt since I'm going off of a vague memory of something I read online.

@user-gt8xy6xc6m

2 ай бұрын

@@evangreen3209 The Philippine also said practiced headhunting as the way they placed harmony and also to settled the dispute before they have "modern law and order" in their community... kzread.info/dash/bejne/lp-WusefXbOxiNI.html

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It may help you to contact Danny Inosanto. Danny is a martial artist and I do believe he is from the Philippines he may have more knowledge about those knives. I hope this helps you out?

Evan, at least your doing a great job showing the artifacts of the museum. At least your not trying to fake it till you make it!

Last is a barong, third looks to be a Dayak mandau from Borneo.

@evangreen3209

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! I'm always happy to get more information.

@jellekastelein7316

6 ай бұрын

It's not quite a mandau as it does not have quite the right blade shape (the mandau has a forward slanting tip), but it is Dayak and the hilts are very similar. Maybe a Jimpul EDIT: more likely a Langgai Tinggang? I'm not quite clear about the specifics of the blade nomenclature. It can get very detailed at times in Indonesia.

@evangreen3209

6 ай бұрын

@@jellekastelein7316 Yes. The more research, the more confused I became. Terminology seems to vary by region and tribe. As commented above, we have other Indonesian blades. I wish you could come to Cheyenne and correctly identify these objects as they are beyond my ability.

@jellekastelein7316

6 ай бұрын

@@evangreen3209 Yeah, I also struggle to identify specific types. The differences can be extremely subtle at times. One book I've found to be quite helpful when trying to identify Indonesian arms is Albert van Zonneveld's book "Traditional Weapons Of The Indonesian Archipelago". He also has a number of books on the arms and armor of Borneo that go into Dayak weapons in a lot more detail (but I'm not entirely sure if those have been translated into English yet).

8:02 barong

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barong_(sword)

@evangreen3209

6 ай бұрын

Thank you. The leaf shaped blade is indeed unique.

@SailfishSoundSystem

6 ай бұрын

@@evangreen3209 You're welcome. I own a Cold Steel Barong machete. It's very tough and the leaf shape makes quick work of things.