Help With a Moro Mystery Blade

VANDOO · 25th January 2009, 06:06 PM

NICE ONE AND GOOD WORK ON THE SCABBARD.

THE BLADE FORM MOST CLOSELY RESEMBLES THE PIRA WHICH DOES HAVE A CURVE TO THE BLADE AS WELL AS THE CLIPPED BOWIE STYLE TIP. THE HANDLE MORE CLOSELY RESEMBLES THE BANGKUNG WHICH ALSO HAS THE CLIPPED POINT BUT MORE OF A STRAIGHT BLADE. EXAMPLES CAN BE SEEN IN CATO'S BOOK ON PAGE 97 AND 99 ON PAGE 88 ARE PICTURES OF THE MORO SOUVINEER PLACKS.
YOUR SWORD REMINDS ME OF THE COLLECTION I BOUGHT A FEW YEARS BACK SEE SEVERAL POSTS IN ARCHIVES ON "VANDOO'S MORO SWORDS" UNFORTUNATELY THE PICTURES ARE MOSTLY GONE. MY SWORDS WERE MADE ON MINDANAO AND PURCHASED AROUND THE END OF WW2 IN ZAMBOANGA AND BROUGHT HOME IN 1946. I SUSPECT THAT IS WHAT YOU HAVE , IF YOU DECIDE TO LET IT GO DROP ME A LINE AS I DON'T HAVE ONE OF THAT EXACT FORM AND IT WOULD GO WELL WITH THE SET I HAVE.

25th January 2009, 06:06 PM	#3
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	NICE ONE AND GOOD WORK ON THE SCABBARD. THE BLADE FORM MOST CLOSELY RESEMBLES THE PIRA WHICH DOES HAVE A CURVE TO THE BLADE AS WELL AS THE CLIPPED BOWIE STYLE TIP. THE HANDLE MORE CLOSELY RESEMBLES THE BANGKUNG WHICH ALSO HAS THE CLIPPED POINT BUT MORE OF A STRAIGHT BLADE. EXAMPLES CAN BE SEEN IN CATO'S BOOK ON PAGE 97 AND 99 ON PAGE 88 ARE PICTURES OF THE MORO SOUVINEER PLACKS. YOUR SWORD REMINDS ME OF THE COLLECTION I BOUGHT A FEW YEARS BACK SEE SEVERAL POSTS IN ARCHIVES ON "VANDOO'S MORO SWORDS" UNFORTUNATELY THE PICTURES ARE MOSTLY GONE. MY SWORDS WERE MADE ON MINDANAO AND PURCHASED AROUND THE END OF WW2 IN ZAMBOANGA AND BROUGHT HOME IN 1946. I SUSPECT THAT IS WHAT YOU HAVE , IF YOU DECIDE TO LET IT GO DROP ME A LINE AS I DON'T HAVE ONE OF THAT EXACT FORM AND IT WOULD GO WELL WITH THE SET I HAVE.