Hi jerseyman,
I also have a few of these iron-hilted forms, generally in two main sections for the hilt--two pieces of iron tubing over a wooden core. One has a straight blade and the others are curved. Some of these may be HuSa dha, but I think others may be northern Thai or even from neighboring Laos. The straight one had an open-faced scabbard and was sold to me as coming from the Lisu people, who are ethnically linked to the Kachin and live in northern Yunnan Province.
The tips on mine are either squared off (flat) or concave (like your example).
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