A NICE CATCH!
I AGREE WITH CHARLES THE PISO PODANG SELDOM HAS ANY WRITING ON IT AND THE EAGLE HEAD IS SELDOM SEEN. THE ORIGIN OF THESE SWORDS STILL SEEMS TO BE LARGELY UNKNOWN BUT LARGE NUMBERS OF THEM BECAME AVAILABLE AND POPULAR THRU OUT THE REGION. WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND WHERE THE SWORDS CAME FROM OR WHO THE TRADERS BRINGING THEM INTO THE AREA IS UNKNOWN TO ME. I ALWAYS WAS REMINDED OF INDIAN SWORDS BY THEIR FORM AND HANDLE.