Thank you very much Ian. You have answered some of the questions I had. I am sorry to say but that was not silver inlay in the engraving on the blade. That is metal polish the family that owned the blade used to clean it before I bought it. Dan and I did not know the scabbard was Sulu style because we had not seen one like it here in our searches all over the island. Also, we did not know that Sulu blades had 2 baca baca's. The fact that it was a straight blade made us think that it was not from here. Thank you for clearing that up.
We have a small collection spread out among the soldiers here and I hope I can get some of them to post theirs. Mostly they were looking for a family heirloom to pass down to their children.
The problem with asking the locals is that we have yet to find a good contact who knows more than Dan does. I feel like they have lost an important part of their history and I will continue to try to find out as much as I can.
Thank you again
Sam
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