A farming village in the northern Philippines is forging a brighter future thanks to the sword-making skills of one man.<br /><br />Using recycled steel from trucks, hand-made leather and imported hide from a sting ray, Filomeno de Guzman, a former soldier, fashions hunting knives and sword replicas.<br /><br />His hobby has now made him the biggest exporter of swords from the Philippines to the US, and has created jobs for the people in the village.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Marga Ortigas reports from Pangasinan, northern Philippines.
