Thanks Rick, Robert and Battara,
Glad to know I did alright with this piece. Turn of the century is about what I figured although I thought the blade had a chance to be a little older potentially. Is the general consensus this was a rehilt or built this way?
It may be cut down, but the thickness on the spine makes me wonder if it would have been much longer as the weight would be rather prohibitive? As it is now there seems to be a reasonable amount of even spine thickness leading rapidly into the distal taper.
(apologies in advance for the less than perfect closeup detail, I was using a 2x teleconverter and the inferior glass kills my image quality somewhat
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The hilt is horn I'm pretty sure, few close ups attached. The blade, I'm not sure if it's laminated. I haven't handled many laminated blades from this area to be honest. Close ups of that as well so the more experienced can judge. There does seem under magnification to be a possibility it is.
Are there any similar Lumad tips out there I could look at? A quick Google search didn't turn up anything with such a dramatic "curl" in the tip prong. It certainly does not look like a Borneo blade, like some I recall being posted that were refitted in the Phillippines.
Thanks for all the helpful comments guys. :-)
Iain