philipine,bolo sword

[RobT]

Hi JoeCanada42,

I have two of these blades. Both have a chisel grind and both have wooden sheaths and hilts.
The chisel grind on the longer of the two blades (15-9/16", 39.52875cm) is so slight that it can't be seen but rather must be felt. The blade is also rather thin at just over 3/16" (4.7625mm) at the hilt and has a chisel grind false edge.
The shorter of the blades (9-1/8", 23.1775) appears to be far more robust with a noticeable chisel grind but is only about 1/32" (.79375mm) thicker at the hilt than the longer blade.
I have a feeling that your blade probably also had a wooden sheath at one time. Based on my examples, I see no reason to believe that the hilt on yours isn't original to the knife (lucky you to have one with a brass ferrule and butt cap). I think my blades and yours are 20th century. Whether early, mid or late I couldn't say. As to being run of the mill, well, I think that they are rather unique in that they come in taribong like sheaths but the blades are completely unlike the typical taribong.

Sincerely,
RobT