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Old 7th June 2017, 09:46 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by Lee
Yes, I can see the parallels. It brought back fond memories of this thread concerning artifacts from a sea captain involved in a pirate attack in the Sulu archipelago in the late nineteenth century. Just like the Vikings, both the Moros and their Sulu neighbors employed pattern-welded spears and swords (I'll show a nice pattern-welded kris later when I can get the photos done). Also, I do like your Viking themed keris.
Yes Lee, that was a very cool thread. Of course, our focus here is Indonesian keris, not it's Moro cousin.
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