Input on this recent acquisition - Luzon? Age?

[Ian]

WW,

I think what you are calling a chisel grind is actually a blade with a triangular cross-section. Such blades are a known style during the Spanish Colonial period. The black leather sheath is well preserved and the knife has been looked after apart from the split in the hilt. The style of the sheath suggests to me that it is ilokano in manufacture, but could be from around Manila. I would say it is pre-1900 Spanish Colonial manufacture.

[wildwolberine]

Originally Posted by Ian

WW,

I think what you are calling a chisel grind is actually a blade with a triangular cross-section. Such blades are a known style during the Spanish Colonial period. The black leather sheath is well preserved and the knife has been looked after apart from the split in the hilt. The style of the sheath suggests to me that it is ilokano in manufacture, but could be from around Manila. I would say it is pre-1900 Spanish Colonial manufacture.

Thanks! Yes, I would agree the blade is triangular in cross section with an unsharpened spine. I have seen the posts on daggers with triangular blades, I understood those were primarily double edged. Thanks for the information!