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paquing14 years ago
Never hear it called a gilpin....I know cutlass, three canal (for the three grooves along the blade), choplass.
jt14 years ago
I have trinidadian family, and I hear them call it gilpin.
Barrie12 years ago
A gilpin is a akin to a large cleaver that in used in the field rather than in the kitchen. It is like a large parang. ( the blade, not the music )
Hewson7 years ago
Gilpin, cutlass, poyah, 3 canal, blade. A large knife like blade mostly used for agricultural purposes but often used as a deadly weapon.
Andre5 years ago
Gilpin is when the cutlass get shaved down over time a start looking like a big knife. Some other usually terminology, beating someone with the side of a cutlass in Guyana is called “Broadsiding”, I got some Trini 2nd cousins and friends that call it “Planassing”
When a machete is worn down, my father passed it down to me to cut the grass and prune the bananas. That would take a long time back in the days !
GGilpin2 years ago
Grew up back in the day in Trinidad...it's known as cutlass...Gilpin... mostly used in the garden... although also used as a deadly weapon
kken Mulleylast year
Ive always know the Gilpin to be a small styled machete ideal for chopping up meat.. Where as the Cutlass is so called because of its hook shape ideal for cutting and trimming cane back in the day.
kken Mulleylast year
I see references to cutting grass as i recall this was referred to as a Brushing Cutlass which is reduced in size then bent at right angles with a long handle attached.. the second tool is a long handled hook.. the method being that the hook would hold up the grass and then you'll swing the brushing cutlass once youre in the swing this is an effective tool