Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Twistcore kris with... erm.. Wha-- What is this?

ThePepperSkull · 9th June 2012, 06:49 PM

An obviously cross-cultural piece. Beautiful, but very confusing to me.

The hilt seems unfamiliar to me, but the fact that the fittings on the hilt includes a small attatchment shaped like the buddha makes me think that this may not have ended its tenure as a weapon in use with Moro hands.

Also, the hilt does not seem familiar to me at all. I am very interested to hear and learn from all of you about where this kris could have ended up that it would look like this in the end.

Perhaps also find out what the blade shape would be originally for a hilt of whatever culture this rehilt job came from.

Thanks, thought I'd share 'cause I like unusual piecesand I am a sucker for twistcore stuff.

I have attached pictures, but bigger pics can be seen here:

http://i48.tinypic.com/33ynhcg.jpg
http://i48.tinypic.com/30vj0io.jpg
http://i49.tinypic.com/34q7o8o.jpg
http://i45.tinypic.com/2n9gvbn.jpg
http://i46.tinypic.com/352rhhx.jpg

9th June 2012, 06:49 PM	#1
ThePepperSkull Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 338	Twistcore kris with... erm.. Wha-- What is this? An obviously cross-cultural piece. Beautiful, but very confusing to me. The hilt seems unfamiliar to me, but the fact that the fittings on the hilt includes a small attatchment shaped like the buddha makes me think that this may not have ended its tenure as a weapon in use with Moro hands. Also, the hilt does not seem familiar to me at all. I am very interested to hear and learn from all of you about where this kris could have ended up that it would look like this in the end. Perhaps also find out what the blade shape would be originally for a hilt of whatever culture this rehilt job came from. Thanks, thought I'd share 'cause I like unusual piecesand I am a sucker for twistcore stuff. I have attached pictures, but bigger pics can be seen here: http://i48.tinypic.com/33ynhcg.jpg http://i48.tinypic.com/30vj0io.jpg http://i49.tinypic.com/34q7o8o.jpg http://i45.tinypic.com/2n9gvbn.jpg http://i46.tinypic.com/352rhhx.jpg Attached Images Last edited by ThePepperSkull; 9th June 2012 at 07:00 PM.