Early Kris with Silver-Rattan Wrap & Twistcore
 

Greetings. Thought I would share this kris I finished restoring. What caught my attention was the fact that I saw a double twist core blade as well as the blade form, the ivory pommel, and the interesting mix of a rattan-silver wire woven hilt, one I haven't seen before. I would place this as Sulu.

At first I found that a top part of the weaving was broken and detached completely from the rest. I took silver wire and wove it into both weavings to re-attach them together.

Secondly I made a missing ferrule of embossed thick silver in Sulu fashion of the 18c.

Finally I had to take the rust off, polish and etch the blade. The pattern is a little subtle but there.

Bellow are some before pictures and a picture of the weaving in process.

Here are now pictures of the restored kris:

Hello Jose,

like usual good work! :) And a very nice and complete Sulu kris, congrats for the lucky owner.

Regards,
Detlef

Thank you Sajen.

This replaces my stolen one somewhat, with better double twist core and that unusual rattan-silver wire wrap.

Lovely piece to start with, and nobody could have fixed it better than you without starting from scratch.

Oh, it's yours! There is justness in the world; since your items get stolen you've got some very good items!

Regards,
Detlef

Nice restoration of a great looking blade. Better to stop the deterioration I think and one ends up with another good piece for the collection.

Terry

You bet Terry. Couldn't agree with you more, and thank you all.

Sweet. Nice repair, did you do the polish as well?

Thank you. Yes I did the polish and etch as well......... :D