[Maurice]

Just a few days ago I received this old kris.
The scabbard consists of two pieces of wood.
The lower part and the crosspiece.
The crosspiece is made of banati wood (also the pommel). The bottom part of the scabbard is different wood (probably to lower the costs at that time).

Did you ever see a kind of such crosspiece's restoration?
There are two "old" holes in the crosspiece, and the crosspiece is attached with some kind of rope (maybe latter?) to the bottom part of the scabbard, wounded with ratan.
There is some tolerance between the two connected parts, but the blade still fits perfectly!

The break off is old, cause there is the same dark patina as the rest of the banati crosspiece.

By the way, I made the images just as it came.
I try to clean and etch the blade in short time if I find a little time, and than I will post additional images here after cleaning.
Also the wood still needs a treatment with antique wax.

Kind Regards,
Maurice