Moro kampilan (?) Spanish American war era

[JeffS]

Originally Posted by Jim McDougall

Being completely unfamiliar with Filipino weapons, I have had this example for more years than I can say, always thinking of it as a 'bolo' (no laughing) with that as a catch all term I guess.

It seems to have a resemblance to this posted example IMO. Could this be one of these? Are these indeed Moro? I presume also a Spanish-American war bringback.

The reason I got it was the hilt style with guard had a characteristic similarity to the Spanish colonial espada ancha, and figured it was reflecting influences of those much earlier swords but with Filipino blade.

I would love to hear more about it if anyone has insight. How long is the blade? So I guess this would be a revolutionary sword either Philippine Revolution or Philippine American War (likely latter as a bring back) and likely Luzon because of the strong Spanish design influence (Visayas, Moro etc had their own distinct blade culture) as well as the regimented military style of some of the Luzon conflicts. Since it is presumably not a calvary piece, does the length indicate officer use?