Dave and Lonna's recent find a Moro Kris

[Spunjer]

nah, vandoo, it's moro; handle, blade and all. you just don't see this type of handle too often. there was one posted not too long ago

here's an older version:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=10934

[Spunjer]

here's a closer one

[Battara]

Thank you Ron, great example. An old form of hilt that may harken back to Indonesian forms.

[ThePepperSkull]

Wherever she comes from, she sure is purdy. I say it every time one pops up here: I am in love with the elegance of the older form Moro Kris. Wonderful!

Say, we see straight, five-waved, or seven/more waves on Moro kris from all notable eras. Why is it that we only see the three-waved moro kris/keris sundang on the really older pieces?

[VVV]

This Kris hilt-form with a half Jawa Demam is very interesting.
In his Kris CD Karsten Sejr Jensen attributed his Kris to Borneo (attached), probably because of the sheath. I also found one on eBay (that used to belong to another member of this forum) this Summer, unfortunately not as good as Dave and Lonna's or Karsten's.

Michael

[CCUAL]

Hello Dave, Lonna, how are you guys? Nice kris, but I like this one better.
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ghlight=garuda

[DaveS]

Albert: No scabbard unfortunatly. The blade measures 19 inches, the handle
5 inches. The handle appears to be the normal hemp wrap with the black
lacquer cover or whatever it is that they used. The feather pattern is also
the deepest that iv'e ever seen. I simply can't figure out how it was done.
Was it etched, or was it pattern-welded. If one looks closely at the edges
of the blade by the gangya, where the deep part of the pattern ends there
are little strands of what appears to be nickle. Can anyone shed any light
on just how they did these twist-core patterns. Some look etched, some
look like they used nickel, and some look like a combination of the two....Dave

[Rick]

Originally Posted by DaveS

Albert: No scabbard unfortunatly. The blade measures 19 inches, the handle
5 inches. The handle appears to be the normal hemp wrap with the black
lacquer cover or whatever it is that they used. The feather pattern is also
the deepest that iv'e ever seen. I simply can't figure out how it was done.
Was it etched, or was it pattern-welded. If one looks closely at the edges
of the blade by the gangya, where the deep part of the pattern ends there
are little strands of what appears to be nickle. Can anyone shed any light
on just how they did these twist-core patterns. Some look etched, some
look like they used nickel, and some look like a combination of the two....Dave

I have been wondering the same thing about the topographic features of the core, Dave .

D'you suppose the blade was taken to the point where it was almost finished except for the final sharpen and polish, and then treated with a resist, acid etched in that area and then given the final polish/sharpening; or was it done after ?