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VANDOO · 8th June 2006, 04:54 PM

THATS A POSSIBILITY I HAD OVERLOOKED, DAMMAGED OR NOT I COULD NEVER SELL SUCH A KRIS OF COURSE I HAVE TROUBLE LETTING ANYTHING GO

I HAVE LET A FEW ITEMS GO OVER THE YEARS WHEN I HAVE FOUND A COLLECTOR WHO SPECILIZED IN SOMETHING I HAD VERY FEW OF AND LITTLE CHANCE OF GETTING ANY MORE. I WOULD FREAK OUT IF I HAD TO LIST A NICE KRIS FOR .99 CENTS ON EBAY

BUT SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE WE ALL HAVE TO PASS ON OUR TREASURES OR IT WILL BE LEFT UP TO OUR CHILDREN WHO MAY HAVE NO INTREST IN OR KNOWLEGE OF THE ITEMS. SO WE COULD DO A BETTER JOB OF FINDING NEW HOMES AND PASSING DOWN OUR INFORMATION ON OUR TREASURES THAN THEY COULD.

DAMMAGE TO IVORY IS TO BE EXPECTED ON SUCH OLD ITEMS ESPECIALLY IF THE SWORD HAS BEEN CARRIED FOR MANY YEARS. SO I AM SURE MOST OF THE OLDER KRIS WHO WERE ACTUALLY WORN AND USED WERE DAMMAGED AND THEN THE BROKEN AREA WAS MODIFIED INTO WHAT IS SEEN ON THE KRIS UNDER DISCUSSION. SO IT IS STILL A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE EVEN WITH THE DAMMAGE. I ALSO SUSPECT MORE OF THE IVORY POMELS WITH NO PROTRUDING FANCY DECORATIONS WERE MADE THAN THE FANCY ONES. ONE REASON WOULD BE COST ANOTHER WOULD BE AVAILIBILITY OF SUCH A LARGE CHUNK OF SOLID IVORY AND THE ABILITY TO MAKE A FANCY POMMEL. BESIDES WHO WOULD WANT SUCH A FANCY POMMEL ON A FIGHTING KRIS IT WOULD CERTIANLY GET IN THE WAY AND WOULD BE SURE TO GET BROKEN SOONER OR LATER. SO PERHAPS SOME OF THE IVORY POMMELS WE CONSIDER AS BROKEN AND REPAIRED MAY NOT BE, PERHAPS IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MADE AS FANCY AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT HINDERING THE USE OF THE WEAPON.

8th June 2006, 04:54 PM	#9
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	THATS A POSSIBILITY I HAD OVERLOOKED, DAMMAGED OR NOT I COULD NEVER SELL SUCH A KRIS OF COURSE I HAVE TROUBLE LETTING ANYTHING GO I HAVE LET A FEW ITEMS GO OVER THE YEARS WHEN I HAVE FOUND A COLLECTOR WHO SPECILIZED IN SOMETHING I HAD VERY FEW OF AND LITTLE CHANCE OF GETTING ANY MORE. I WOULD FREAK OUT IF I HAD TO LIST A NICE KRIS FOR .99 CENTS ON EBAY BUT SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE WE ALL HAVE TO PASS ON OUR TREASURES OR IT WILL BE LEFT UP TO OUR CHILDREN WHO MAY HAVE NO INTREST IN OR KNOWLEGE OF THE ITEMS. SO WE COULD DO A BETTER JOB OF FINDING NEW HOMES AND PASSING DOWN OUR INFORMATION ON OUR TREASURES THAN THEY COULD. DAMMAGE TO IVORY IS TO BE EXPECTED ON SUCH OLD ITEMS ESPECIALLY IF THE SWORD HAS BEEN CARRIED FOR MANY YEARS. SO I AM SURE MOST OF THE OLDER KRIS WHO WERE ACTUALLY WORN AND USED WERE DAMMAGED AND THEN THE BROKEN AREA WAS MODIFIED INTO WHAT IS SEEN ON THE KRIS UNDER DISCUSSION. SO IT IS STILL A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE EVEN WITH THE DAMMAGE. I ALSO SUSPECT MORE OF THE IVORY POMELS WITH NO PROTRUDING FANCY DECORATIONS WERE MADE THAN THE FANCY ONES. ONE REASON WOULD BE COST ANOTHER WOULD BE AVAILIBILITY OF SUCH A LARGE CHUNK OF SOLID IVORY AND THE ABILITY TO MAKE A FANCY POMMEL. BESIDES WHO WOULD WANT SUCH A FANCY POMMEL ON A FIGHTING KRIS IT WOULD CERTIANLY GET IN THE WAY AND WOULD BE SURE TO GET BROKEN SOONER OR LATER. SO PERHAPS SOME OF THE IVORY POMMELS WE CONSIDER AS BROKEN AND REPAIRED MAY NOT BE, PERHAPS IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MADE AS FANCY AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT HINDERING THE USE OF THE WEAPON.