Too Tiny?

[Indianajones]

Will give it my 'go'; not a bad buy would my humble opinion be. The pommel does look like ivory (think too thick mass to be bone) and so white because its 'bleached' by sun n age (and not being handled much). Am wondering what kind of ivory.

Blade may indeed be bit on the simple side, but one cant have it all on one piece, can we?! To my opinion not specifically an early piece as than they would not have used so much silver/metalwork on the sheath (the more early, the rarer metal/silver).
<for betelnut one rather need a more hacking sort of blade as these nuts are hard to crack. Dagger has little use with them>

All in all a nice honest little gunong with a ivory pommel. Sometimes small can also be a plus! Congratulations I would say!
Buy two more and you'l have a collection of them . . .

[A.alnakkas]

Thanks all! am really glad that my first Moro purchase is not that bad hehe

[T. Koch]

It could indeed be dirty ivory, but the grey-ish areas of the hilt suggest bone to me. These areas would be some of the outer grain of the spongiose core tissue. Ivory is much more solid and usually whiter and the material has a more 'live' glow. Hard to explain, but a focused picture of the handle surface should be able to decide it.

Very cool little knife in all regards. I've never personally seen a gunong in hand, so I am also surprised by the size. I like it even better now that I know that it is so small - such a great little stabber!

Thanks for sharing!


Best wishes, - Thor

[A.alnakkas]

Hey guys!

Here are zooms on the hilt. Going to etch the blade whenever am free.

The fittings seem to be silver but cant be sure.

[David]

I looks like it might be Tridacna (giant clam shell).
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ght=clam+shell

[A.alnakkas]

Originally Posted by David

I looks like it might be Tridacna (giant clam shell).
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ght=clam+shell

Hey David,

Hilt is abit transclucent.

Does transclucency mean anything?

[Rick]

Originally Posted by A.alnakkas

Hey David,

Hilt is abit transclucent.

Does transclucency mean anything?

Lofty, tap the handle against your tooth; if it feels like stone, it's Tridacna .