agree with bill.
what i do notice is, krises that are still in the philippines are easily recognizable. i realized most, if not all, are redressed. to me, it has a certain appearance. perfect example would be the ivory hilt, which tend to be yellowish, compared to the ivory hilt that is on the kris that was brought here by the american soldiers. case in point are the the one that just came off ebay, and battara's example. another tell tale sign is the similarity of the grip. a lot has those disk-like stuff, or okirred metal panels. as for the scabbards, the 'datu-class', kris has similar stylized boat style cross piece... these krises were the same, from ermita to davao...
now, with that said, say these kris were redressed and it did indeed had an old blade, would that still be as valuable as a piece that has a 90% or more original parts, but less impressive?
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