Moro Kris with Twist Core

Lew · 26th September 2005, 05:41 PM

Welcome George!

I must say that is a very nice kris

The core is actually made up of two twisted rods forged welded together. We were discussing this type of blade construction at Ashokan this year. I saw a pic of a Moro kris last year that was a seven bar composite blade. These types of complex multi-bar composite kris were forged only by the most skilled bladesmiths. I wonder if these smiths were trained or apprenticed somewhere other than the Philippines or maybe picked up the technique from a Chinese smith working in the region? We saw a few Chinese dao sabers with the same construction at the seminar this month so it is possible that these kris could have been made by chinese smiths living in the Philippines?

Regards

Lew

26th September 2005, 05:41 PM	#5
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	Welcome George! I must say that is a very nice kris The core is actually made up of two twisted rods forged welded together. We were discussing this type of blade construction at Ashokan this year. I saw a pic of a Moro kris last year that was a seven bar composite blade. These types of complex multi-bar composite kris were forged only by the most skilled bladesmiths. I wonder if these smiths were trained or apprenticed somewhere other than the Philippines or maybe picked up the technique from a Chinese smith working in the region? We saw a few Chinese dao sabers with the same construction at the seminar this month so it is possible that these kris could have been made by chinese smiths living in the Philippines? Regards Lew