If it had a handle maybe 2 1/2 feet long, I'd have said it was a 'switching slasher'
If it Was one of these, they were used for trimming hedges and such like on farms.
most had forward curving blades, some curved opposite way.
I'm not saying it Is a slasher,.........but it Would work awfully well as one! (I've cut miles of hedges with a similar tool!)
I think it is very functional and elegant.
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