PERHAPS WE SHOULD GIVE UP ON ASSIGNING A NAME FOR SOME SWORDS AND JUST GO FOR ORIGIN, AGE, TYPE AND FUNCTION.
I ORIGINALLY THOUGHT A SUDANG WAS A CERTIAN TYPE OF MORO KRIS BUT JUDGING FROM ITS WIDE USE AND WHO AND WHERE YOU ASK, ITS ABOUT THE SAME AS PARANG IT MEANS KNIFE, SWORD OR SHARP POINTY THING BE IT TOOL OR WEAPON.
PERHAPS FOR INSTANCE
PHILIPPINE VISAYAN TYPE A , BEVELED SINGLE EDGED BLADE WITH DEEP BELLY AND SHARP POINT WITH CARVED HORN HANDLE, POSSIBLY NAGA FORM, AND HORN GAURD. WOOD SCABBARD WITH CARVED BLOCK FOR CARRING CORD, FASTENED WITH RATTAN BANDS. KNIFE PRIMARY USE AS TOOL SECONDARY USE AS WEAPON. ABOVE AVERAGE CARVED DECORATION .APPROX LATE 1890'S TO EARLY 1930'S
FUNNY IT OFTEN GETS MORE COMPLICATED AND CONFUSING THE MORE YOU LEARN
