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Henk · 1st February 2006, 04:04 PM

Galvano,

Welcome to the forum.

Nice keris, but you should turn the ukiran (hilt) to the other side.

Valjhun · 1st February 2006, 06:02 PM

Hi Galvano!

Killer Choora

! One of the nicest I've ever seen, and it seems quite big too. Is the blade wootz? Can you post some detailed photos of the blade?

Rich · 1st February 2006, 10:04 PM

Just picked up a 1941 "trench art" Finnish puukko. Sheath made
from downed aircraft aluminum. Knife is commercial of the period.

http://home.earthlink.net/~steinpic/puukko.jpg

Rich

Andrew · 2nd February 2006, 04:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rich

Just picked up a 1941 "trench art" Finnish puukko. Sheath made
from downed aircraft aluminum. Knife is commercial of the period.

http://home.earthlink.net/~steinpic/puukko.jpg

Rich

Interesting artwork on that scabbard, Rich. Looks like a grouping of various WWII military insignias? According to Google, "Muisto" is Finnish for "memory".

Have you come up with anything about this one? Very cool knife.

galvano · 2nd February 2006, 05:52 PM

here details
the top of the blade
the hilt
guard
and the structure of the blade.it is not wootz is steel of bloomery furnace

Spunjer · 2nd February 2006, 10:27 PM

that's a nice lamination pattern..

kino · 4th February 2006, 01:50 AM

Not exactly new to me. I've had it for a few years now.

Moro Kris with a Kemoh kakatua.

Spunjer · 4th February 2006, 03:49 AM

hey kino, long time no hear from you! thanks for showing us one of your collection. btw, what's a 'Kemoh'? salamat...

kino · 4th February 2006, 01:18 PM

Howzit Spunger, Kemoh is the giant clam (Tridacna). The Kakatua is carved from the shell of the giant clam. I don't know of a Pilipino term for it. Kemoh, is what the Indo/Malays (?) calls it.
Just wondering if there are other Moro weapons with Kemoh hilts out there. Giant clams were plentyful back in the day. We had a few for yard decor.

Go Seahawks............

Luc LEFEBVRE · 12th February 2006, 08:46 PM

The last I bought, throwing knife from the Gbaya, Ngbaka, Ngombe, tribes of the north of Congo.
XIXth
44cm height, 35cm width.

kino · 12th February 2006, 11:57 PM

Picked up this, bling wearing kid, yesterday. On the hilt side of the wooden
handguard is a veneer of horn, under the horn is a round piece of cloth.

Spunjer · 13th February 2006, 01:24 PM

holy fo-shizzle! nice silver work on that tenegre. with a dated coin at that... i wonder if that's the year it was made? did it came with the scabbard? regardless, nice acquisition, kino..

kino · 13th February 2006, 11:32 PM

Spunger, No scabbard. I don't think the bolo was made on the same date
that on the coin. Maybe late 19th, early 20th Cent.

Battara · 14th February 2006, 12:51 AM

I'm with Spunger, beautiful silver work and craftsmanship on the tenegre (grumble, grumble, envy, envy....).

Andy Davis · 9th February 2006, 02:11 PM

Hi all
Well actually this is my oldest piece. That is, the first serious weapon I bought and still one of my favourites and not seen on this forum or anywhere else too often.
A Dha with a clipped 2 blade I think we called it.
Did put it in about 2 years ago but nice to rephoto it, give it a polish and show it again. Awsome bit of blade construction in my opinion but the photos dont really show the changes in width and angles too well. Take my word for it then. Its good

Cheers
Andy

Robert · 10th February 2006, 06:42 PM

This is the latest addition to my collection. The age I believe to be late 19th to mid 20th century. Grip is horn with brass fittings. The blade is double beveled on one side only, the other side is flat. Both edges are sharpened from the decorative filing to the tip. The sheath was described as being either sheep or goat skin but it is paper thin which I have never seen before. It has shrunken so badly over the years and is so brittle that it is almost useless. As usual I would appreciate any comments or information you would like to give on this item, especially on the care and preservation of the sheath. Thank you.

Blade 12-3/4" in length
Blade 1-3/16" wide at hilt
Blade 3/16" thick at hilt
Hilt 4-3/4" in length
Guard 2-7/16" wide

Robert

Titus Pullo · 14th February 2006, 09:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andy Davis

Hi all
Well actually this is my oldest piece. That is, the first serious weapon I bought and still one of my favourites and not seen on this forum or anywhere else too often.
A Dha with a clipped 2 blade I think we called it.
Did put it in about 2 years ago but nice to rephoto it, give it a polish and show it again. Awsome bit of blade construction in my opinion but the photos dont really show the changes in width and angles too well. Take my word for it then. Its good

Cheers
Andy

It's very crude, but very affective weapons, nonetheless! I read that the Thais, and other Tai speaking people, which include the Laotion, Shan, and some group living in southern China and Vietnam, are originally from the Southern Southeast Asia and the Islands around there. It is believe the ancestors of the Tai people are very much like the Daic people, who actually might be the more ancient group of Tai speaking people; they live on Borneo, Northern Phillipines, and other parts the South. They then reimmigrated back to the mainland Asia and then spread southward into Southeast Asia. There is a smiliarity between the Tai and Daic people's language. Also, If you look at the way these people fight, they also like to fight with machetes, which ofcourse are similar to the Thai and Shan machete like swords.

"No guts...no glory!"

kino · 26th March 2006, 01:16 AM

Picked this one up at the Gun Show. The seller had it on his table for over a year. I couldn't pass it up after he asked me to name my price. Has some damage with rusted blade, but it still retains its beauty. Where is this Yataghan from.

kino · 26th March 2006, 01:22 AM

Three more from todays gun show excursion. One in need of dental repair. The silver Kakatua has damage and the blade is sporting some nicks.

ibeam · 26th March 2006, 07:41 AM

Great Pieces.

Share some pix when you clean them up and back from the DENTIST.

Spunjer · 26th March 2006, 03:36 PM

Quote:

One in need of dental repair....

hey, he reminds me of mang isko, the drunk that used to hung around nanay pacing's carenderia, LOL...

Panton · 10th February 2006, 08:15 PM

...gaucho knife, once again without a sheath.....will I ever own a complete piece?
But then.....nice vintage filework.

Robert · 12th February 2006, 06:53 PM

Greetings Panton and welcome to the forum. I was thinking with the decorations on the blade and the overall design of this dagger that it was more likely from the Philippines than South America. It does show a great deal of Spanish influence in its design but I have never seen a gaucho knife of this style before. Do you by chance have any reference to ones of this style? I would really be interested in seeing them. What really puzzles me is what the scabbard is made. Would anyone else care to make any comments on the dagger or scabbard?

Robert

Mapico1 · 17th May 2006, 07:47 PM

I'm a new member,love this idea......
Here's mine,came in today...
Leka tribe from Congo.1900.

Spunjer · 17th May 2006, 09:40 PM

thanks, pre

Battara · 18th May 2006, 01:03 AM

Spunger, according to Cato's classifications, your kris might be more Sulu due to the trunk area and the noticible lack of any okir.

Spunjer · 18th May 2006, 01:08 AM

hi battara.. right you are. the blade has all the sulu characteristic. what i'm wondering about are the hilt and tagub's origin; whether it's mindanao or sulu..

Pangeran Datu · 18th May 2006, 02:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Henk

Galvano,

Welcome to the forum.

Nice keris, but you should turn the ukiran (hilt) to the other side.

Bear in mind though, that the position of the hilt relative to the scabbard is a convention that may vary from area to area.
For instance, Surakarta and Yogyakarta strictly observe the convention of the hilt being parallel to the scabbard and facing the short end of the crosspiece.
Madura and Bali on the other hand, have their hilts either at an angle to the scabbard and in the direction of the short end of the crosspiece, or, as for Surakarta and Yogyakarta.
As a matter of fact, I have seen kerises from Malaysia, where the hilts are as in the above picture, parallel to the scabbard and facing the long end of the cross piece.
Even in the Moro kris, one can find the hilts parallel to the scabbard and facing either the short end or the long end of the crosspiece.

drdavid · 20th May 2006, 03:50 AM

Hi all
I posted this Rencong a few weeks back on another thread but not a peep was heard, I like it so much I am posting it again.
cheers
drd

kronckew · 20th May 2006, 06:40 AM

hi drdavid, love the rencong, here's my horn version:

1st February 2006, 10:04 PM	#3
Rich Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: comfortably at home, USA Posts: 432	"trench art" puukko Just picked up a 1941 "trench art" Finnish puukko. Sheath made from downed aircraft aluminum. Knife is commercial of the period. http://home.earthlink.net/~steinpic/puukko.jpg Rich

2nd February 2006, 05:52 PM	#5
galvano Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 178	choora here details the top of the blade the hilt guard and the structure of the blade.it is not wootz is steel of bloomery furnace Attached Images

4th February 2006, 01:50 AM	#7
kino Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,018	Not exactly new to me. I've had it for a few years now. Moro Kris with a Kemoh kakatua. Attached Images

12th February 2006, 08:46 PM	#10
Luc LEFEBVRE Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: France Posts: 473	Gbaya, Ngbaka, Ngombe, throwing knife CONGO The last I bought, throwing knife from the Gbaya, Ngbaka, Ngombe, tribes of the north of Congo. XIXth 44cm height, 35cm width. Attached Images

12th February 2006, 11:57 PM	#11
kino Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,018	Picked up this, bling wearing kid, yesterday. On the hilt side of the wooden handguard is a veneer of horn, under the horn is a round piece of cloth. Attached Images

1st February 2006, 04:04 PM	#1
Henk Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,209	Galvano, Welcome to the forum. Nice keris, but you should turn the ukiran (hilt) to the other side.

1st February 2006, 06:02 PM	#2
Valjhun Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 692	Hi Galvano! Killer Choora ! One of the nicest I've ever seen, and it seems quite big too. Is the blade wootz? Can you post some detailed photos of the blade?

2nd February 2006, 10:27 PM	#6
Spunjer Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Witness Protection Program Posts: 1,730	that's a nice lamination pattern..

4th February 2006, 03:49 AM	#8
Spunjer Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Witness Protection Program Posts: 1,730	hey kino, long time no hear from you! thanks for showing us one of your collection. btw, what's a 'Kemoh'? salamat...

4th February 2006, 01:18 PM	#9
kino Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,018	Howzit Spunger, Kemoh is the giant clam (Tridacna). The Kakatua is carved from the shell of the giant clam. I don't know of a Pilipino term for it. Kemoh, is what the Indo/Malays (?) calls it. Just wondering if there are other Moro weapons with Kemoh hilts out there. Giant clams were plentyful back in the day. We had a few for yard decor. Go Seahawks............

13th February 2006, 01:24 PM	#12
Spunjer Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Witness Protection Program Posts: 1,730	holy fo-shizzle! nice silver work on that tenegre. with a dated coin at that... i wonder if that's the year it was made? did it came with the scabbard? regardless, nice acquisition, kino..

13th February 2006, 11:32 PM	#13
kino Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,018	Spunger, No scabbard. I don't think the bolo was made on the same date that on the coin. Maybe late 19th, early 20th Cent.

14th February 2006, 12:51 AM	#14
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,272	I'm with Spunger, beautiful silver work and craftsmanship on the tenegre (grumble, grumble, envy, envy....).

9th February 2006, 02:11 PM	#15
Andy Davis Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: England, Northumberland Posts: 85	OK so its not so new a Dha Hi all Well actually this is my oldest piece. That is, the first serious weapon I bought and still one of my favourites and not seen on this forum or anywhere else too often. A Dha with a clipped 2 blade I think we called it. Did put it in about 2 years ago but nice to rephoto it, give it a polish and show it again. Awsome bit of blade construction in my opinion but the photos dont really show the changes in width and angles too well. Take my word for it then. Its good Cheers Andy Attached Images

10th February 2006, 06:42 PM	#16
Robert EAAF Staff Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Centerville, Kansas Posts: 2,196	My Latest Dagger This is the latest addition to my collection. The age I believe to be late 19th to mid 20th century. Grip is horn with brass fittings. The blade is double beveled on one side only, the other side is flat. Both edges are sharpened from the decorative filing to the tip. The sheath was described as being either sheep or goat skin but it is paper thin which I have never seen before. It has shrunken so badly over the years and is so brittle that it is almost useless. As usual I would appreciate any comments or information you would like to give on this item, especially on the care and preservation of the sheath. Thank you. Blade 12-3/4" in length Blade 1-3/16" wide at hilt Blade 3/16" thick at hilt Hilt 4-3/4" in length Guard 2-7/16" wide Robert Attached Images Last edited by Robert Coleman; 10th February 2006 at 08:50 PM.

26th March 2006, 01:16 AM	#18
kino Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,018	Yataghan Picked this one up at the Gun Show. The seller had it on his table for over a year. I couldn't pass it up after he asked me to name my price. Has some damage with rusted blade, but it still retains its beauty. Where is this Yataghan from. Attached Images

26th March 2006, 01:22 AM	#19
kino Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,018	Three more from todays gun show excursion. One in need of dental repair. The silver Kakatua has damage and the blade is sporting some nicks. Attached Images

26th March 2006, 07:41 AM	#20
ibeam Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 134	Great Pieces. Share some pix when you clean them up and back from the DENTIST.

10th February 2006, 08:15 PM	#22
Panton Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3	...gaucho knife, once again without a sheath.....will I ever own a complete piece? But then.....nice vintage filework.

12th February 2006, 06:53 PM	#23
Robert EAAF Staff Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Centerville, Kansas Posts: 2,196	Greetings Panton and welcome to the forum. I was thinking with the decorations on the blade and the overall design of this dagger that it was more likely from the Philippines than South America. It does show a great deal of Spanish influence in its design but I have never seen a gaucho knife of this style before. Do you by chance have any reference to ones of this style? I would really be interested in seeing them. What really puzzles me is what the scabbard is made. Would anyone else care to make any comments on the dagger or scabbard? Robert

17th May 2006, 07:47 PM	#24
Mapico1 Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 86	I'm a new member,love this idea...... Here's mine,came in today... Leka tribe from Congo.1900. Attached Images

17th May 2006, 09:40 PM	#25
Spunjer Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Witness Protection Program Posts: 1,730	thanks, pre

18th May 2006, 01:03 AM	#26
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,272	Spunger, according to Cato's classifications, your kris might be more Sulu due to the trunk area and the noticible lack of any okir.

18th May 2006, 01:08 AM	#27
Spunjer Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Witness Protection Program Posts: 1,730	hi battara.. right you are. the blade has all the sulu characteristic. what i'm wondering about are the hilt and tagub's origin; whether it's mindanao or sulu..

20th May 2006, 03:50 AM	#29
drdavid Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 372	Hi all I posted this Rencong a few weeks back on another thread but not a peep was heard, I like it so much I am posting it again. cheers drd Attached Images

20th May 2006, 06:40 AM	#30
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,215	hi drdavid, love the rencong, here's my horn version: