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Originally Posted by Ian
I agree with Kai and Jose. This is a genuinely old piece--at least late 19th C. As for the dark wood, I've seen this before on old kampilan and I wonder whether they sometimes used a darker wood, like kamagong, in the 19th C.
As already noted, part of the upper "jaw" is missing but this seems to have happened a long time ago. The laminated blade looks great the way it has been etched.
Ian.
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Thanks very much for the assessment Ian! Am happy with this piece =)