A Very Different Philippine Dagger
Hello everyone, this is the latest addition to my collection. With the horse hoof pommel I would say that this is from Ilocos Norte. Now on to the odd part of this. The lower concave side of the blade is the sharpened side while the top side is flat from hilt to tip. Then there is the angle of the hilt itself. At first I thought that the tang might have been bent at some point, but now that it has arrived and I have had time to inspect it I found that the back of the blade is cut to intentionally set the hilt at this odd angle. There is some bug damage to the horn hilt and the pommel cap and band are missing, but these can easily be replaced. Has anyone seen anything like this before and can can anyone give me an idea of what the purpose of such a blade configuration would be ???
Best,
Robert
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