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			Rob, 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	Great resto job. I think your sword is more likely Maguindanao than Sulu, based on the hilt (a Mindanao style, late 19th-20th C), a single stirrup, and the gangya area carving is what Cato attributes to the Maguindanao. It resembles example "C" in Cato's picture found here.  | 
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