A new moro kris
 

Hi all, here is my new moro kris, but first of all i want to thank you three members of the forum: Philkid (Charles), Freddy and Battara (Jose) for the different but important help they gave me to help me to get this beauty :) Thank you dear friends :) :) !!!! This is, as Bill always says, the most important thing of this forum: the people!!! :)
The tail of the pommel is clearly a modern restoration (another wood) and also the scabbard seems recent, but i like it!! Comments are welcome

Flavio

The restorations are nicely done and it is a real beauty :) So I guess now that you are hooked on Moro blades you will have no use for your African collection so just throw it all in a big box and I will let you know where to ship it ;)

Congrats on a lovely kris. Btw it seems to be a nice old blade.

Lew

Hi Lew, thank you very much :) Yep the blade is nice too, with separate ganga and nice lamination. Ah, Lew, for the moment i will keep my african toys, but if you want to send m some of your moro, well i will love them as all my other kids :D :D

No more comments? c'mon guys!!!! it's always wine and grappa that talk :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Flavio:

That's a very nice Maranao kris but I'm not fond of the repair to the pommel. It looks odd for the period (c. 1900) and I don't think it is consistent with a Mindanao piece (while the scabbard is). The original kakatua pommel would almost certainly have been much plainer with a short, sqare-ended, minimal crest. The carving on the kakatua is well done but not in keeping with the overall presentation of the sword IMO.

Ian.

Thank you very much Ian, no problem at all, i appreciate your clarity!! :)

Just my personal taste Flavio and no criticism implied. Still a very nice kris. :D

Ian.

Ian, there is no problem: i accept criticism from persons like you that know a whole world more than me on this pieces!!! Thank you very much :) :)

Flavio,

Is the band over the pommel a repair or decoration? I have one that looks like a repair on mine.

Nice Kris,

Bill

G'day Flavio,

Nice keris u got there. I like the repair on the pommel. It is not according to period as Ian had said, but it is not a cheap repair IMO. I got pommel that is screwed back into place which is horrible. Congrats on the piece. :)

Hi Bill and Rasdan, thank you very much for your kind words :)

Bill the silver band on the pommel is a decoration and i think that one time it went until the original tail, than when this one was broken also the final piece of the silver band is jumped away.

I was able to etch the blade and here is the nice pattern that it shows!

looks combination, maranao/maguindanao

I like the pattern that is coming out. I would suggest a little more etching - very nice.

I can only echo what was said above; a very nice sword and a great job on the repairs

Thank you guys :) Jose, i will try ;)