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Bill · 21st July 2007, 03:53 AM

[QUOTE=kai]

The grip rings look legit but I also suspect that the pommel is a replacement; possibly also the brass ferrule.

The grip rings are machine made, you can buy them from large jewlery suppy houses (you buy by the inch) & the ferrule has been cut with a rotary drill like a Dremel. It appears to be ivory but I'm not sure what type. Because a crack has been filled does not suggest age, rather the project was started with a cracked piece. I have a Ivory kris that has fairly good providence that it was made around 1965 & already has patina. Someone went to a lot of effort & spent on materials.Everything but the blade, stirrup, & perhaps the wood from the scabbard is done within the last 5 years.

21st July 2007, 03:53 AM	#11
Bill Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Chicago area Posts: 327	[QUOTE=kai] The grip rings look legit but I also suspect that the pommel is a replacement; possibly also the brass ferrule. The grip rings are machine made, you can buy them from large jewlery suppy houses (you buy by the inch) & the ferrule has been cut with a rotary drill like a Dremel. It appears to be ivory but I'm not sure what type. Because a crack has been filled does not suggest age, rather the project was started with a cracked piece. I have a Ivory kris that has fairly good providence that it was made around 1965 & already has patina. Someone went to a lot of effort & spent on materials.Everything but the blade, stirrup, & perhaps the wood from the scabbard is done within the last 5 years.