Strange Sumatran/Moro keris? kris? dagger? with a Dutch blade?

asomotif · 9th May 2008, 04:49 PM

Congrats Bill !
These pictures are better than the ones you had before.

Also nice to see the size next to a normal sized Moro keris.

The makers of this keris picked only a very small piece of a VOC blade.
VOC swords where not very big/heavy but certainly bigger that what remains within this hybrid keris.

Normally VOC markings are not placed under the tang. So This hole is not a original hole for attaching the hilt.

By the way, this reminds me of a thread by Antonio Cejunior, where he introduced a contemperary Moro / Tanto hybrid knife.
Some forumites where pretty nasty on his creation.

In this case the maker of this odd Sumatra / Moro / VOC mix is not amongst us. That must be the reason of absent criticism. not ?

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9th May 2008, 04:49 PM	#10
asomotif Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 2,228	Congrats Bill ! These pictures are better than the ones you had before. Also nice to see the size next to a normal sized Moro keris. The makers of this keris picked only a very small piece of a VOC blade. VOC swords where not very big/heavy but certainly bigger that what remains within this hybrid keris. Normally VOC markings are not placed under the tang. So This hole is not a original hole for attaching the hilt. By the way, this reminds me of a thread by Antonio Cejunior, where he introduced a contemperary Moro / Tanto hybrid knife. Some forumites where pretty nasty on his creation. In this case the maker of this odd Sumatra / Moro / VOC mix is not amongst us. That must be the reason of absent criticism. not ?