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30th July 2005, 08:47 PM | #2 |
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No, but a few years ago I saw one in a catalog. If I find it again, I'll let you know. I'm pretty sure it was made by Windless.
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I remember those kris one was straight the other with luks and they seemed quite nice for repros. Lew |
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31st July 2005, 02:52 AM | #4 |
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Separate gangyas on the Indian stuff ?
My criteria is that if it is not made within the culture then it is either an interpretation or copy . I believe Cecil's are made in country (Philippines), but are they interpretations because most likely they were made by Christian Filipinos rather than Muslims ? |
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the top one was made in india, by windlass, via atlanta cutlery. sorry, no gangya...
incidentally, there was a similar repro on one of the online antique shop trying to pass this as "an old indonesian chief kris". |
31st July 2005, 11:53 PM | #6 |
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Here is (IMNSHO) another Indian one:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=7335765380 |
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I guess you make exceptions if a member from another ethnic group goes through the proper training (within the culture) and continues faithfully the (once indigenous) forging tradition? (IIRC a few western bladesmiths claim to have received traditional Japanese sword forging skills.) Quote:
IMVHO countries with many ethnic groups/tribes/peoples/religions/whatever have several cultures which may be as foreign to each other as some of them are to us. I've never considered the usual keris-inspired blades (wether punal-sized or swords) from the northern Philippines to be Kris nor Keris. However, there seem to be relatively faithful interpretations which I feel might qualify to be called Kris supposedly coming from non-Muslim Moro neighbors: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=7330603936 Any comments? What are the oldest examples of this type? Regards, Kai |
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1st August 2005, 01:46 AM | #8 |
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Hi Kai,
My best guess on the Visayan example you presented a link to is that it is indeed a Moro blade in Visayan dress . Unfortunately the picture is miniscule . Rick |
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here's an example of a visayan kris: http://www.oriental-arms.com/photos.php?id=1300. zelbone would be the man to answer your questions ... |
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