Thoughs on this one Philippines ?
 

This is a remounted bayonet. The blade is Japanese made by national denki under Kokura supervision. The question I have is who did the remount. Do you think this hilt and scabbard point to Philippine, Indonesian or somewhere else ? Thanks in advance for any ideas

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I WOULD SAY DEFINITELY PHILIPPINE MOST LIKELY VISAYAN ISLANDS , FAIRLY NICE WORK SOMEONE WITH MORE KNOWLEGE MIGHT BE ABLE TO NARROW IT DOWN A BIT IF THEY RECOGNIZE THE CARVING STYLE ON THE SCABBARD. A NICE ITEM! GOOD LUCK

Nice find, John ...
 

Full length tang and bat head pommel suggest Batangas origin (S. Luzon).

Ian.

Thanks to both of you.

is the bayonet WWII?
if it is, it might help determine age.
its definetely from the Philippines as the above have stated.

yo labantayo, the kris in your avatar is missing the incised arrow. i think it's defective. i wouldn't mind having it tho. kthxbye...

Best I can find it is what is called a type 30 bayonet( but I know almost nothing about bayonets). While this form was used as early as 1897 and until WWII end; Kokura only made them from 1936 to 1945. So were I to put an age on this one I would say most likely WWII

spunjer,
i tried to get my money back for the holes in the blade, but the guy wouldnt do it. :)

john,
i would say that its from Bicol, or southern Luzon area.
cool piece!!!

Bicol...

Great stuff thanks again