Moro kris: Information/Comments welcome!

[Maurice]

Originally Posted by kino

Here are a couple of photo's of the kris that I mentioned.
Both of them had pins holding the kakatua's crest in place. The pin on the ivory might have been inserted as a repair because the crest has a break in multiple places. The smaller bone kakatua, you can clearly see that the pin was used to hold the stacked pieces of the kakatua's crest at the onset of the carving.

Thank you for the images. Beautifull pieces.
Are the pins in both your krisses metal or wood?

Maurice

[kino]

Maurice, I believe the pins are brass , definitely not wood.

[Maurice]

Originally Posted by kino

Maurice, I believe the pins are brass , definitely not wood.

The strange thing here is that the pin in my crest is from ivory also.
That would never be strong enough to hold different pieces together..

Maurice

[Battara]

Maurice, I think an ivory "nail" would be able to hold small things together, in this case, a small crest to the pommel.

[Maurice]

Originally Posted by Battara

Maurice, I think an ivory "nail" would be able to hold small things together, in this case, a small crest to the pommel.

Yes, but I would have preferred a brass "nail", cause I could imagine that this ivory "nail" breaks off much easier as a brass one!

Maurice

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by Maurice

The strange thing here is that the pin in my crest is from ivory also.
That would never be strong enough to hold different pieces together..

Maurice

Hi Maurice,

this is maybe the reason why it break again!?

Regards,

Detlef

[Maurice]

Originally Posted by Sajen

Hi Maurice,

this is maybe the reason why it break again!?

Regards,

Detlef

well Detlef you are probably right.
But I don't mind because it is an old break and also has the same patination as the rest of the pommel.

Maurice