A friend's newly acquired kris for comment

Battara · 26th April 2017, 05:14 PM

This is an honest late 19th - early 20th century.

It is from the Maguindanao tribe on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines.

The front is fine and original, the back end might be a little bent. What you are missing on this blade is what is called the baka-baka, or a clamp that is behind the front part of the base of the blade, matching the other silver clamp on the "tail end".

FYI - the pommel seems very worn in the pictures.

26th April 2017, 05:14 PM	#2
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,280	This is an honest late 19th - early 20th century. It is from the Maguindanao tribe on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. The front is fine and original, the back end might be a little bent. What you are missing on this blade is what is called the baka-baka, or a clamp that is behind the front part of the base of the blade, matching the other silver clamp on the "tail end". FYI - the pommel seems very worn in the pictures.