Ian, Agree with everything you have said. Took a closer look at mine; no markings on the spine, the sheath is glued with no ratten bindings. Tried to think of a work purpose, but can not. The hilt is large & is comfortable for my large hands; for westerners? The blade has the same degree of angle for thrusting that a kris or keris might. If it was trusted hard, hit something solid & the grip slipped, you would lose part of your index finger, not a knife for knife fighter, I think. I suppose what is so confusing about many weapons from this part of the world is so many cultures collided, so quickly. Perhaps a displaced family of knife makers set up shop by a military base. Plenty of scrape to make thier knives, not quite traditional, but something that appealed to the servicemen. One family, over 20 years or so, could put hundreds of these into circulation for us to ponder over.
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