| The Phillipine Moro Barong Sword is leaf shaped | | | | Rattan, which is a type of palm tree, Lashings. |
| with a one edged blade and is sometimes spelled | | | | The newer versions of the sword were fully |
| Barung. The Moro Tausugs of Sulu with is a | | | | wrapped with thin Rattan. Older Barongs had |
| province within the Phillipines used this sword as | | | | Scabbards that had boards that were thinner and |
| their primary weapon. This weapon looks | | | | fatter. Barongs that were made after World War |
| somewhat like a Machete but has much more of | | | | II were Scabbards that were manufactured with |
| a curved handle on it. The blade on it is heavy | | | | a much thicker stock than the older ones were, |
| and very thick, and the heavy weight makes it a | | | | and also had a central ridge line. |
| lot easier to slice various objects. This weapon | | | | In fact, the Phillipine Moro Barong Sword is a very |
| can be anywhere from 8 to 22 inches long. | | | | underestimated weapon by many. Because of the |
| However the newer versions of this weapon are | | | | weight and strength of the blade and the way the |
| 18 to 22 inches. | | | | Hilt was positioned, it had the ability to slice right |
| Handles of the Phillipine Moro Barong Sword are | | | | through Musket Rifles and Barrels. This gave them |
| called Hilts. Most were silver but some were brass | | | | an edge against the Spanish in the Early Colonial |
| but less common. Fiber Rings that were lacquered | | | | Days of the Moro Wars. In fact these weapons |
| usually were laid at the top. The Hilts that the | | | | were used in battle against forces that were |
| Nobles used were made of Ivory, and sometimes | | | | educated and technologically superior. In more |
| Carabao Horn or Phillipine Ebony. Swords used by | | | | recent battles, the Barong has even sliced through |
| the lower echelons and warriors of the time had | | | | M-14 Rifles. |
| inferior designed Hilts and were smaller as well. | | | | In the Philippines they have their own Martial Arts |
| The common design of the Hilt was one of a | | | | Styles. A few of the most popular ones are the |
| Cockatoo, however some looked like Serpents. | | | | Kali, the Eskrima and the Silat. The Barong Sword |
| The Scabbards of the Phillipine Moro Barong | | | | is used in all of these Martial Art Forms today. |
| Sword were only partly wrapped with large | | | | |