Thanks, everyone for the comments!
As a newbie in this field, every bit of help and insight is greatly appreciated!
I re-examined the pommel with a glass, and I don't see any evidence of any re shaping, sanding or other alteration, just a couple of dings I would expect on a piece with the sharp, thin edge after a hundred years.
I have three or four Moro weapons that I got out of an estate auction ten or twelve years ago. The family was an old family with a lot of military service going way back. Several generations saw service in the Philippines from the Spanish-American War through WWII and maybe later, so as far as age, theres a pretty long time line from which they could have come from.
There is another one with a couple of mother of pearl inlays that I cleaned today that I will post sometime tonight. It's still a work in progress, though!
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