THERE IS NO PROBLEM, NO PRESSURE
WE ALL HAVE OUR INDIVIDUAL WAYS OF LOOKING AT COLLECTING.
FROM A STRICTLY PURE MORO IDEAL A GOOD OLD MORO HANDLE , PERHAPS WITH A WELL PATINATED IVORY COCATOOA CIRC 1890 WOULD LOOK GREAT ON THIS BLADE. AND WHILE WE ARE WISHING A GOOD OLD SCABBARD THAT FITS WITH SILVER. THAT WOULD RESTORE THIS BLADE TO ITS OLD GLORY AND BE AS CLOSE TO ORIGINAL AS POSSIBLE UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WOULD BE MY CHOICE IF IT WERE POSSIBLE. BUT TO COME UP WITH THESE TRULY OLD QUALITY ITEMS IS ALSO LIKELY WISHFUL THINKING.
TO HAVE NEWLY MADE HANDLE AND FITTINGS AND SCABBARD IS JUST NOT THE SAME IN MY VIEW. TO DO IT PROPERLY WOULD BE QUITE EXPENSIVE AND YOU MAY NOT BE COMPLETELY SATISFIED WITH THE RESULTS WHEN DONE.
THE BLADE SURELY DOES NEED A GOOD ETCH TO SEE WHAT YOU HAVE AT ITS BEST. SO THE HANDLE CAN BE REMOVED FOR THAT IF YOU WANT. CHECK INSIDE THE HANDLE TO SEE APPROX AGE AS WELL TO LOOK AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY BUDHIST PRAYERS ON PAPER WITHIN.
I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HOW THE SWORD HANDLES AND FEELS IN USE. IT IS SUGGESTED THE HANDLE WOULD MAKE ITS USE AWKWARD BUT IT DOSEN'T LOOK MUCH DIFFERENT IN SIZE FROM SOME MORO COCATOOA HILTS IVE SEEN AND SMALLER THAN THE GIANT IVORY ONES WHICH ARE A BIT UNWIELDLY.
I JUST THINK AN ATTEMPT SHOULD BE MADE TO FIND OUT HOW AND WHY AND PERPHAPS BY WHOM THIS KRIS WAS CUSTOMIZED BY A PREVIOUS OWNER AND TO KEEP IT WITH THE KRIS WHEN IT IS PASSED ON TO ITS NEXT HOME IN THE FAR FUTURE. IN THE MEANTIME DO AS YOU WISH AND ENJOY IT AND DON'T FEEL GUILTY REGARDLESS OF YOUR DECISIONS.