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Old 18th July 2007, 04:06 PM   #19
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Default Nice find

The mid-rib on the blade is consistent with a Spanish colonial origin. Probably late 19th C., from the revolutionary period in the Philippines. The full length tang suggests it was made in Luzon, probably Manila.

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