WELCOME BACK MIKE!
I HAD BID ON THIS ITEM ALSO AND IT IS A LOT NICER THAN THE DESCRIPTIONS AND PICTURES. CONGRADULATIONS IT APPEARS TO HAVE THE CHISIL EDGED BLADE FLAT ON ONE SIDE TYPICALLY FOUND IN THE PHILIPPINES AND ELSEWHERE, THE FACE LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING FROM THAT AREA ALSO PROBABLY VISIAN ISLANDS. THE SPLIT HANDLE ATTACHED WITH PINS AND THEN REINFORCED WITH COPPER BANDS MAY HAVE BEEN INFLUENCED BY OUTSIDE CONTACT OR MIGHT BE A VARIATION OF THE PANABAS TYPE HANDLES BUT I DON'T THINK THEY HAD PINS. I WOULD RULE OUT A MORO ORIGIN BUT WHAT GROUP TO ASIGN IT TO HAS ME STUMPED ALSO. WHICH PHILIPPINE TRIBES LIKED TO PUT HAIR OR SOMETHING IN THE POMEL OF THEIR SWORDS? YOU MIGHT TRY A LIGHT ETCH TO SEE IF THE BLADE IS FORGED WATERED STEEL OR OF UNIFORM COMPOSITION. GOOD LUCK
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