Mystery Dagger ID Help Needed

[Ian]

Originally Posted by Battara

I noticed that the median ridge does not really follow get contours of the waves/luks in the blade.

This makes me also think it is of a more recent manufacture.

Good point Jose. If you look at older gunong and older wavy Ilokano blades, the medial ridge clearly follows the contour of the wave. You can see this in an example Leif posted recently here: the small gunong on the left has nicely forged luk with a well-centered medial ridge.