Kris with silver inlaid blade

kai · 1st February 2011, 07:48 AM

Hello Dave and Lonna,

Congrats, another sweet piece!

Dimensions, please?

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Very surprised that every single bit of inlay is Intact. Nothing missing.
Also the ivory hilt looks a lot like a miniature jungayyan. Never seen one with
characteristics of both danganan and jungayyan.

The dots are very solid and unlikely to get lost compared to smaller inlay work. There seems to be quite a bit of wear on the engraved lines and I'd posit that these were once filled with silver too. If not it was certainly not a cost issue considering the amount of silver spent on the dots. Could you please verify wether the dots are drilled through the blade or are there distinct differences in their placement on both sides?

The hilt is special, indeed. I'd go for danganan - possibly Maguindanao with junggayan-like influences from Sulu if going out on a limb...

Regards,
Kai

Battara · 1st February 2011, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by kai

The hilt is special, indeed. I'd go for danganan - possibly Maguindanao with junggayan-like influences from Sulu if going out on a limb...

Regards,
Kai

Kai that would certainly fit with the blade that I believe is Maguindanao. Besides the pommel, what makes you think the hilt is Maguindanao in your opinion?

DaveS · 2nd February 2011, 12:29 AM

Kai: As far as i can tell, i think most of the dots are in line. Up near the tip
a few might not be quite in line. hard to tell. The blade is 20 inches long.
The pommel is four inches from crest to beak and not quite 2 inches long.
It does indeed look like a cross between jungayyan and danganan.
About equal influence i would say.........Dave.

DaveS · 2nd February 2011, 12:39 AM

Jose: The pommel is definitely elephant ivory.. I have a barong with walrus
ivory that i will be posting soon. You will be able to very clearly see the
differences between the two kinds......Dave.

Battara · 2nd February 2011, 04:18 AM

Oh I know the differences between the ivories and I agree that this is elephant.

But I never saw a walrus ivory barong........hope you post it soon..

2nd February 2011, 12:29 AM	#3
DaveS Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 327	Kai: As far as i can tell, i think most of the dots are in line. Up near the tip a few might not be quite in line. hard to tell. The blade is 20 inches long. The pommel is four inches from crest to beak and not quite 2 inches long. It does indeed look like a cross between jungayyan and danganan. About equal influence i would say.........Dave.

2nd February 2011, 12:39 AM	#4
DaveS Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 327	Jose: The pommel is definitely elephant ivory.. I have a barong with walrus ivory that i will be posting soon. You will be able to very clearly see the differences between the two kinds......Dave.

2nd February 2011, 04:18 AM	#5
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,282	Oh I know the differences between the ivories and I agree that this is elephant. But I never saw a walrus ivory barong........hope you post it soon..