Some Philippines kris from my collection

tom hyle · 26th June 2010, 12:28 PM

Moreover the folded grain on the blade is along the blade on a kris, while on the ganga the grain runs across the blade (along the ganga) moreover the colour of the metal is occasionally notably different, though more usually the ganga seems almost to have been made from a (deliberately of course) left over piece of the blade.
You are right; that vague shadowy line does run a bit oddly for a ganga line, though it finishes in a gap/division in the okar, which is interesting. Also, it seems too wide and cloudy for a real or even deliberately faked line, perhaps. I suspect it is some kind of rust shadow.

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26th June 2010, 12:28 PM	#15
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	Moreover the folded grain on the blade is along the blade on a kris, while on the ganga the grain runs across the blade (along the ganga) moreover the colour of the metal is occasionally notably different, though more usually the ganga seems almost to have been made from a (deliberately of course) left over piece of the blade. You are right; that vague shadowy line does run a bit oddly for a ganga line, though it finishes in a gap/division in the okar, which is interesting. Also, it seems too wide and cloudy for a real or even deliberately faked line, perhaps. I suspect it is some kind of rust shadow.