this one actually arrived at the same time as my burmese dha
(see egyptian curved sword thread) tho from a different source it's now had a clean & and oiling.
not too sure what to call it, is it a parang, bolo, golok? looks fairly recent.
9.5" rough forged blade, carved wood grip,steel bolster, wood scabbard,
pinned & glued, carved near mouth & chape both sides with
an integral lug about 1/3 downwith two 1/8" holes drilled
transversly across thru the lug, no evidence of any rattan string or other bands
carving is quite deep, finely done, in a leafy symmetric pattern
consistant on scabbard & grip. grip is secured to short tang by resin
stamping on left side of blade near hilt above the cut-out.
appears to be a small horned dot then half moon or badly stamped circle, opening up with a dot under
followed by a broad arrow pointing up, this is then repeated.
negative image, shows the broad-arrow type marks more clearly