moro kris update

[Battara]

W W!

I agree with Rick. Did not know that the damage was that significant. Still I think an etch on both of them would reveal the laminations better.

[G. McCormack]

even if the welds were weak, the only thing I can think of to cause that sort of failure would be a severe bend and subsequent straightening with bending and hammering. Pretty interesting.

[MrLyon101]

I used a laq. Natural jute thread to rewrap the handle. i dont know if there are any certain styles of braiding i could do. any thoughts would help

[MrLyon101]

So this moro kris belonged to my great grand father. took a while but found out alot of informarion. he joined the us military in 1903 and eventually became part of Troop "K" 14th calvary. He was then stationed at Malabong in Jolo where he faced 105 field days on patrol.he faught at Cotta Pang Pang from what i gather from the diary. does anyone know any more information about this group of individuals?. this is probly the region where the kris and budiak were from.

[David]

Originally Posted by MrLyon101

does anyone know any more information about this group of individuals?. this is probly the region where the kris and budiak were from.

Well, you probably saw this already since the photo you posted is amongst the rest, but here is an excellent group of images of the 14th Cavalry with some just of Troop K.
BTW, which one is great grand dad?

http://www.morolandhistory.com/11.PG-On%20Datu%20Ali's%20Trail/6.hunt_for_datu_ali.htm

[Spunjer]

Originally Posted by MrLyon101

So this moro kris belonged to my great grand father. took a while but found out alot of informarion. he joined the us military in 1903 and eventually became part of Troop "K" 14th calvary. He was then stationed at Malabong in Jolo where he faced 105 field days on patrol.he faught at Cotta Pang Pang from what i gather from the diary. does anyone know any more information about this group of individuals?. this is probly the region where the kris and budiak were from.

per what David said, you can check the website www.morolandhistory.com (David, your link didn't work), or you can contact the author, Bob Fulton directly. he's a good friend of mine. the man is virtually a walking encyclopedia when it comes to that era...

[David]

Originally Posted by Spunjer

per what David said, you can check the website www.morolandhistory.com (David, your link didn't work), or you can contact the author, Bob Fulton directly. he's a good friend of mine. the man is virtually a walking encyclopedia when it comes to that era...

Yeah, for some reason the link didn't form, but the address is correct. If you copy and paste it takes you directly to the photos.

[Spunjer]

if you'd like, please pm me for his email addy, mr. lyons. i tried to pm you, but for some reason it's not taking it..

[mross]

Originally Posted by G. McCormack

even if the welds were weak, the only thing I can think of to cause that sort of failure would be a severe bend and subsequent straightening with bending and hammering. Pretty interesting.

I agree. Forge flaws usually do not have such nice clean rectangular lines. It looks to me like a repair was attempted somewhere in this blades past life. Of course it's possible a forge flaw caused the repair to be necessary. One reason I like these blades so much is they where so hard to make. A very cool blade with history for your family and a story to tell!