Help with Moro Kris

imas560 · 5th July 2011, 10:24 PM

Thanks Battara & Rick,
have been having a wee bit of a rollercoaster ride trawling through other posts and wondering if it's a fake etc. Found one that had a similar fuller configuration and seemed to be North Borneo. Another post mentioned trade blades?
Am trying to source another camera to get some better pics.
Thanks again.

Rick · 5th July 2011, 10:26 PM

That's no fake .

Looks like it was made for a fairly large hand .

imas560 · 5th July 2011, 10:45 PM

Sorry Indianajones, for some reason I missed your post. Thanks guys, I have tracked down another camera and am about to trundle off and get some more pics. This is my first Moro Kris and I have been keeping an eye out for awhile so am new to this field.

Maurice · 6th July 2011, 06:28 AM

Great kris and I'm looking forward to see clear close-ups when the camera has been fixed (normally it's unfixable when a 3-year old child had been playing with it, so I suggest you get yourself a new one) ;-)

I've had a moro kris with three fullers in the blade also some time ago:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=10872

Maurice

imas560 · 6th July 2011, 07:01 AM

Thanks Maurice,
Your post was one that caught my eye when I was researching.
Have attached some photos that a friend kindly took for me.
thanks for the info everyone.

Battara · 6th July 2011, 09:58 PM

Based on what I can see of the okir on the hilt, the okir appears to me to be Maguindanao. Even the silver bands that do not have okir appear to be of Maguindanao manufacture. I would say that the piece, especially the hilt, is Maguindanao in origin. Better lit pictures might change this opinion or add to it.

imas560 · 6th July 2011, 11:04 PM

Thanks Battara. I'll try and source a camera in the next couple of days.

6th July 2011, 07:01 AM	#5
imas560 Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 180	Thanks Maurice, Your post was one that caught my eye when I was researching. Have attached some photos that a friend kindly took for me. thanks for the info everyone. Attached Images

5th July 2011, 10:24 PM	#1
imas560 Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 180	Thanks Battara & Rick, have been having a wee bit of a rollercoaster ride trawling through other posts and wondering if it's a fake etc. Found one that had a similar fuller configuration and seemed to be North Borneo. Another post mentioned trade blades? Am trying to source another camera to get some better pics. Thanks again.

5th July 2011, 10:26 PM	#2
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,365	That's no fake . Looks like it was made for a fairly large hand .

5th July 2011, 10:45 PM	#3
imas560 Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 180	Sorry Indianajones, for some reason I missed your post. Thanks guys, I have tracked down another camera and am about to trundle off and get some more pics. This is my first Moro Kris and I have been keeping an eye out for awhile so am new to this field.

6th July 2011, 06:28 AM	#4
Maurice Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,459	Great kris and I'm looking forward to see clear close-ups when the camera has been fixed (normally it's unfixable when a 3-year old child had been playing with it, so I suggest you get yourself a new one) ;-) I've had a moro kris with three fullers in the blade also some time ago: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=10872 Maurice

6th July 2011, 09:58 PM	#6
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,323	Based on what I can see of the okir on the hilt, the okir appears to me to be Maguindanao. Even the silver bands that do not have okir appear to be of Maguindanao manufacture. I would say that the piece, especially the hilt, is Maguindanao in origin. Better lit pictures might change this opinion or add to it.

6th July 2011, 11:04 PM	#7
imas560 Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 180	Thanks Battara. I'll try and source a camera in the next couple of days.