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Originally Posted by Flavio
Hi Ben! I'm with Tim, seems a kaskara-tokuba blade with the two half-moons on the blade. Also the fullers seem tipical of these kind of blades!
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...and where exactly would the weld point be where this "kaskara" blade would be joined to the obviously Moro base of this sword.
I do agree that the fullers do give it the look of a kaskara blade, but i am fairly sure that this kris is all Moro. I have seen other Moro kris with fullers before (see pg. 71 in Cato), though this is certainly a more unusual configuration.
Ben, as you know, age is always a trick thing to determine. Since you seem to have some provenance at least you know that it is at least from before 1910. I would think that this style of kris could easily extend back through a good part of the 19th century. Dimensions might be helpful, as older kris tended to be a bit small AFAIK, but i'm not sure you can determine a definitive age from that either. Does it have a sheath? That won't prove it's age for sure either (sheaths can be easily changed), but it might add some clues.
Regardless, nice kris.