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					Originally Posted by Rick
					
				 Looking closer, I don't think the ring is niello it's engraved. The horse hoof pommel is reminiscent of Filipino motifs. The blade has a T spine from what I can see. I don't recall T spine Filipino blades; but I'm old and memory fails me sometimes.   | 
	
 It does not have a T spine, there is a bevel along the top that forms an unsharpened false edge.