[Oliver Pinchot]

Thanks for detailing your analysis, Jose. I am struck by the similarities in dating the silverwork on Moro weapons with those of some groups in the Northern Caucasus.

Here is a kris with a pommel which seems to relate it to the kampilan pictured above-- quite similar in form and the wood looks almost identical. Would it be reasonable to infer that they are from the same area? Interesting that the spur-like form of the saddle on the kampilan hilt also appears on the kris, but since the pommel is rotated 190 degrees off from that of the kampilan, the spur instead serves to back the small finger.