[RobT]

Interested Party,

My 11/15/25 response to this thread shows three khopesh Philippine blades and a fourth blade with a big belly (sort of Binakuko-ish Binagong-ish). Although the sheaths for all the khopesh blades are missing suspension parts and one sheath is fragmentary, all matched Lee’s example when they were complete. So, it is entirely possible that Lee’s sheath originally held a khopesh bladed knife.
The eight ray sun with a face was part of iconography of the Philippine resistance flag. I wouldn’t at all be surprised to see such a symbol on a resistance fighter’s sheath.
I don’t know how willingly, in the more distant past, Philippine cultures forgave left-handedness. I’ll bet in the Moslem south there was pretty much zero tolerance. Even the Spanish controlled and heavily Catholic north (where the OP’s sheath is from), probably had a rather dim view of mano sinistra. I know when I was a kid growing up, students entering Catholic school as left-handers were right handed after the nuns got finished with them. Even my father, who was raised Protestant, was forced to become right handed. I on the other hand, having been brought up in a more liberal environment, wasn’t subjected to the same treatment (thank goodness) so perhaps the Philippine tolerance for left-handedness is a fairly recent phenomenon.
My 11/22/25 response to this thread provides photographic evidence showing that sheaths matching Lee’s (and the examples I provided) were designed for left side carry and right side cross draw only. The pictures plainly show how awkward right side carry would be and the text of that response adds additional support to the visual evidence.

Sincerely,
RobT