|  3rd January 2017, 12:38 AM | #23 | 
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					Originally Posted by kai
					
				 Very nice presentation, F! Please also add putatively "lesser" pieces as often enough much can be learned from those, too. 
Those 4 examples all look like good, antique blades to me - congrats! Did you source all from within the PI? (All 3 scabbards appear to be post-WW2, with the first 2 of quite recent manufacture as suggested by the other forumites already.)
 
I'm with Detlef that the hilt #4 is from water buffalo as well as probably the scabbard #3 (the metal on the latter is aluminium, I assume?).
 
Could you please post close-ups of the base of the blade (and pommel, too)? 
I'd suggest discussing each of these pieces in dedicated threads for in-depth analysis - otherwise it will get confusing in no time...    
Regards, 
Kai |  
Thanks Kai! Yes, I found the first three in Manila but it wasn't easy.  Here's the additional closeups you requested. :-)
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