Philippine swordsmith has Hollywood touch
- Published: 12/02/2012 at 02:32 PM
- Online news: Asia
Filomeno de Guzman does not know Sparta from medieval Scotland, but the Philippine swordsmith is an expert at replicating ancient warriors' tools for killing each other.
Philippine swordsmith Filomeno de Guzman holds a replica of the Sir William Wallace sword, popularised in the Hollywood film "Braveheart" starring Mel Gibson. De Guzman has been forging Hollywood-style swords since the early 1990s.
A stubby ex-military sergeant who has never set foot abroad, de Guzman and 15 rice farmer-neighbours who moonlight as blacksmiths craft old truck leaf springs into things of terrible beauty.
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- Writer: AFP News agency
- Position: Agence France-Presse
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