Souvenir knives from the Philippines during World War II? I have a knife from my grandfather's time spent in the Philippines during the last two years of the war and I'm trying to find out any information about the knife.

Items like this were common souvenir items brought back by WWII soldiers. These plates from 1926 show the traditional Filipino weapons: http://www.vikingsword.com/rila/krieger.html

Your weapons looks like a version of the "pirah" This site sells modern versions: https://www.traditionalfilipinoweapons.com/ but they have extensive background information on each type. They would be a good resource for information about which region this might have come from.

I hope this information will be helpful.

Lisa Sharik

Items like this were common souvenir items brought back by WWII soldiers. These plates from 1926 show the traditional Filipino weapons: http://www.vikingsword.com/rila/krieger.html

Your weapons looks like a version of the "pirah" This site sells modern versions: https://www.traditionalfilipinoweapons.com/ but they have extensive background information on each type. They would be a good resource for information about which region this might have come from.

I hope this information will be helpful.

Lisa Sharik