Good questions. So a few things:
1. the blade is from Mindanao. Both the Maranao and Maguindanao tribes use it (as well as Lumad groups).
2. I have seen various levels of carving quality on tenegre hilts. This one could simply be a fighter. I would place this around Panay Island in the Visayas, above Mindanao Island.
3. I would take a guess that this could have been made during the turn of the 20th century.
4. Remember that my modification of the picture was only to show where the blade went into the hilt. It is not natural, so the rust looks more red than true brown, which it is in reality.
5. In the original pictures of the blade, I can see different color hues of patina/rust that correspond to the different laminations in the blade. Thus it is an old and not a recent blade. It also matches the patina/rust on the steel ferrule on the hilt.
6. I cropped and enlarged my modified picture for you Kai.
7. I will also add that there are some straight sections on the hilt that originally had silver or brass overlay pieces.
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