Possable Philippine First Republic Dagger
I won this dagger at auction few days ago and thought that I would post it for comments. Though only five inches in length the blade is heavy and very well made for its size. The hilt is made of horn with mother of pearl and brass inlay. Made from an old shell casing only the rear ferrule remains, but I would imagine the front ferrule would have been a shell casing as well. To be quite honest I am not sure that the hilt pieces are original to this dagger but might possibly be later replacements. Normally I would have overlooked this piece but in the auction the seller had commented that the blade had a pyramid with a sun face on the other side and had said he was going to post a photo of it which he never did. All comments on this piece would be greatly appreciated. Auction photos below as well as two new ones showing the sun face.
Best,
Robert
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