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					Originally Posted by Treeslicer
					
				 
				 ... The most proximal part of the pecked-out design spells out "PHILIPPINES", and the blade is right-hand chisel-ground.     
			
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 Should be a V-grind on an Ilokano knife. The inscription is typical of post-WWII knives from Central Luzon. 
Ian