Can anyone help me identify this blade?

[A. Anglin]

My father in law found this sword hidden in an old sea chest. One with a lid on which only half of the top opened up.
The blade is curved and has a blood channel. The cross guard looks like it once was a d guard type handle.
It also has a sheath made of wood,bound with metal bands.

 

[lelliott19]

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Wow. I cant help you identify it at all, but I do think it is a nice find and a cool old piece. Can you tell if the scabbard is mahogany or walnut? And is that metal band on the scabbard made of iron or brass?

 

[Jobe Holiday]

It is essentially a Malaysian "Keris".
J.

 

[originalrebelyell]

It looks Filipino made

 

[JOHN42768]

Agree with above. Not a Civil; War sword.

 

[Richard E. Schenk]

Typical Moro Kris from the southern Philippines.

 

[A. Anglin]

Ok. So what would you date it as? World Wars? Vietnam Era?

 

[Larryh86GT]

Welcome from WNY. Neat looking sword.

 

[originalrebelyell]

Around 1899 - 1913 about the time the US was fighting the Moro's in the Philippines during the Moro rebellion.

 

[zburkett]

It is hard to date as I have seen knife/sword makers using a tanks engine block to hammer out blades post Viet Nam. Depending on how they are cared for you can't tell if it was made in 1980 or 1880. I have a Hmong "Bowie" that the only thing that dates it is that the woodes sheath is held together with strips from a plasma bottle.

 

[originalrebelyell]

That's what it is.

 

[A. Anglin]

Ok. So is it worth restoring?

 

[2/241]

Ok. So is it worth restoring?

worth using would be annother question

worth restoring it?
a) for Your pleasure? YES
b) to impress Your father in law? YES
c) to impress Your wife? YES
d) to have a "Family Piece"to path to the next generation? YES
e) to sell it? ask an expert

summed up? YES

 

[originalrebelyell]

I would just clean it some

 

[originalrebelyell]

I wouldn't do anything too aggressive restoring it. By the way it actually a knife not a sword.