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kronckew
27th May 2007, 06:59 PM
love the description, everything it is not. except the stunning bit....the brass scabbard looks unusual for a moro kris.

this auction just ended, would have liked to bid but it went over my limit by a few pounds.

Ebay item no. 180118686947 (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180118686947&ru=http://search.ebay.co.uk:80/180118686947_W0QQfviZ1)

i'm still looking for a good deal on a moro kris, looks like mandauman got a nice one. i guess from his user name he may know what it really is.
Tim Simmons
27th May 2007, 08:32 PM
Is the scabbard ment to be like this? is a piece missing? the only reason I did not wade in.
Ferguson
27th May 2007, 08:45 PM
Is the scabbard ment to be like this? is a piece missing? the only reason I did not wade in.

If you're speaking about the top of the scabbard, yes. It's a common design. Sometimes I envy you gents in the UK. So many ethno pieces brought back from the far flung outposts of the empire. :)

Steve
kronckew
27th May 2007, 08:52 PM
the scabbards sometimes had the swelled end on it (wranka or sampir on a keris), sometimes not. both types in the photo on the research site.

http://home.earthlink.net/~federicomalibago/_uimages/k14.jpg

the gangya on the blade looks like it was forged along with the blade which i undestand is usually mid 20th c. rather than 19th. still a pretty item. steve f. may have more info.....

edited: i see he has commented. :)
Rick
27th May 2007, 10:00 PM
Meh ... :shrug:
I believe this type of scabbard is of Mindanao origin.
Brass asang asang ??

Most of the Moro stuff is here in the States .
Flavio
27th May 2007, 10:05 PM
Most of the Moro stuff is here in the States .

Yeah, unfortunately ;) :)
Rick
27th May 2007, 10:19 PM
$225.00 US is not a bad price; but personally I do not love the workmanship on this piece.
Battara
30th May 2007, 06:55 PM
I agree - don't like the quality on it. Brass mounts are not unheard of. I suspect that some of this metal is more recent than the original blade. I would place the scabbard at being Maguindanao, which is the only group as far as I know that has this scabbard style as one of the varients.