Hello Ian and thank you for your thoughts on this item. Parang was my first thought also, but the clipped point was throwing me off. Most it not all of the ones that I have seen (with this basic blade shape) have a tip that rounds down from the spine to the cutting edge. From what I can tell from the few poor photos that I have the ricasso does extend four to six inches from the hilt before the cutting edge starts. I had done a web search (before posting it here) looking for examples of parang with this clipped point but had no luck in finding one. Posting it here on the forum I had hoped that someone might be able to identify where it was from or might even have one with a similar tip that they could post for comparison. I had not completely ruled out the Philippines for a source for this either as there seems to be no end to the different style of blades that were made there over the years.
Thank you again.
Best,
Robert