Knife with a Spanish Influence?

[Lee]

Below is a picture of the sheath and knife oriented as they would be looking down if belted to the wearer's left side. With the decorated face out, the distal curve of the sheath is reversed compared with all of Rob's examples. The knife is lying as it would go into the sheath and the end is what governs the only way it can go. The narrow (edge) side of the mouth is to the front when strapped on to the left, but the one-sided taper of the end is reversed. In the end, this sheath appears to have been made wrong. The strap worn at its maximum buckled length accommodates a 38 inch girth.

A bladesmith friend of mine with Mexican heritage considered the leatherwork to be consistent with Mexican work in several details, but Rob's several examples strongly argue for a Philippine origin. My friend showed me a Tarahumara (a northern Mexican people) utility knife from the late 20th century and I include another image below as the clip point is similar.