Visayan/Moro Dagger - thoughts?

[kai]

Hello Jose,

Congrats, this is ... ummm ... sweet...
Don't show it to your dentist though!

There is a crossguard made of lower coin silver.

The blade and scabbard, however, are Moro with the blade being laminated in subtle patterns.

I'd love to see it stained with higher contrast.

IMHO this blade is not a Moro punal/gunong - the tip is much more upswept than I have seen in any Moro punal; also the crossguard doesn't look like Moro work and the scabbard bands are not typical either. While there may be some influence/inspiration from the neighbors' weaponry, I'm inclined to believe that this is genuine Visayan craftmanship all over.

Regards,
Kai