What is this old knife?

[dj1701]

A friend of mine sent me these photos of an old knife. She said her grandmother gave it to her.

Very unusual pice. Anyone have any ideas?

 

[Eagle1]

Looks like a carved Moro Knife from the Philippines. A bring back from WW2?

 

[Yander]

It looks like some sort of vegetable harvesting knife.

 

[RayIN]

Looks like a carved Moro Knife from the Philippines. A bring back from WW2?

I suspect you nailed it. No working knife has such a handle. My first inclination was a tobacco knife, until I viewed the handle.

 

[Bocephous]

Looks like a carved Moro Knife from the Philippines. A bring back from WW2?

Looks like you nailed it.

Original U.S. WWII Bring Back Philippine Moro Curved Blade Knife with Carved Scabbard

Original Item: One Only. This is a very nice curved short sword from the Philippines, as used by the Moro people. The collective term Moro people or Bangsamoro people refers to the 13 Islamized ethnolinguistic groups of Mindanao, Sulu, and Palawan. They had fought against the United States...

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