Minor Restoration to a Moro Kriss

[CharlesS]

I made some minor restorations to kriss I recently bought on Ebay. Some of you may have seen it there. I thought it would make a prime candidate for some minor restoration work and it turned out quite well.

The biggest problems were dirt, rust and a scabbard with very rough edges. The cleaning was easy, but the scabbard's bumped and bruised edges made me have to use and age more rattan than I wanted to.

[Sajen]

Hello Charles,

very well done. :) Can you tell us/me how you age the rattan and how you have done the binding?

Regards,

Detlef

[Nirghosa]

I would second those questions!! :D

[Battara]

Nice work, dude!

I like this form of Sulu kalis with the great scabbard carving......

[Robert]

Very nice work Charles. Like Jose I especially like the scabbard carving and the great job you have done in its repair. Keep up the good work.


Regards,
Robert

[Spunjer]

great job, charles! what a beaut, that kalis is...
did you completely remove the rust on the blade?

[CharlesS]

Thanks guys. Next time I replace and age some rattan I will do a thread on it. If I describe it without illustrating it some of you might faint! :eek:

[ThePepperSkull]

I must have messed this one. Absolutely beautiful. I'm a sucker for a curvy Sulu piece.

[drac2k]

Great job on the blade, which looked like it had some areas of deep pitting.Did you use an abrasive cloth? What grit if so?

[CharlesS]

I always try to use 600 fine grit when possible. Sometimes with tougher jobs I'll use a more abrasive grit and then finish with the finest grit, typically 600.

Some of the 3M and Ace sanding sponges do a terrific job, and they are available in a variety of degrees of coarseness.