Maguindanao Kris silver ivory swaasa
 

K Pasta, Dudes?

Here is the rest of the avatar. I got the 19th c hilt of silver, ivory, and swaasa from a WWII vet who got it when stationed on Mindanao. But the blade was WWII recent era and aweful. :(

So Philkid got this Maguindanao 19th c blade with silver inlay (90% of which I had to replace) and is laminated. Again forgive my phone pictures. If I get better pictures, I will post them as well.

Enjoy

Nice marriage Jose . ;) :D
May they live happily everafter . :cool:

Thank you Rick.

Here is the whole thing......

You owe me a keyboard . ;)






Mine has shorted out due to recent excessive drool inundation . :D
Schaweeeet ! :cool:

Sorry about the key board.........


Yeah I was pretty pleased. The blade had a modern ivory pommel and white metal hilt. The blade was in rough shape - rust, severe pitting, etc. I had to do a lot of grinding and polishing. Baka-baka clamps are silver and the inlay. I added the brass parts to the clamps and under the hilt (per Maguindanao tradition).

Still, Philkid did a great job of getting the right kind of blade - right period, right tribe, right status. Couldn't get a better blade - Thanks Philkid! :D


Perhaps next year I will make a new scabbard out of the old scabbard for this one. ;) It has become my favorite kris out of all I have so far. :)

ooooooooooooooh... :cool:

Very nice Jose. Beautiful! :)

Nice puppy! :) ;)

Steve

Nice work (I think)

IBetter pictures are on ist way I hope :confused: :shrug:

I see this thread only now.... Great job Jose, as usual, and wonderful kris :) :cool:

Thank you Flavio. This was a nearly 2 year project (in between other people's work).

Soon I should be posting some better closeup pictures.

In the meantime, here are some pictures of the blade before restoration.....

Here are some pictures I promised post restoration. Note: I don't believe this is a naga but a crocodile (notice the "legs" toward the front of the animal and the "heart" shaped parts toward the end.

Enjoy

Sigh ......... :)
Jose, it's a bit hard to tell from the before pictures ; were the edges of this blade fairly ragged or was that just staining .

It is freakin' magnificent . :D

OH thank you Rick. The edges were really that jagged - no staining. It took a lot of work to grind and polish the blade out.

WONDERFUL!!!!! :)

Hello Jose,

Congrats, that's great luck to have such a nice hilt available for replacement/restoration! Thanks for your efforts with the pics.

What you think would these "hearts" represent?

Regards,
Kai

I would think that the "hearts" were the stylized tail of the crocodile.

Speaking of this hilt specifically, Did you make the hilt yourself, Jose? The ivory kakatua is stunning!

I remember reading another thread where I think you mentioned making the suasa for the hilt's fittings, but what about the rest of it? Is it a completely new hilt? If so I am twice as impressed!

I guess you might have overlooked Jose's first post in this thread... ;)

Ah! I seem to have lost my attention span :P

Thanks, David! :D

Swassa is tough stuff to make. I did not make a hilt out of swassa, but did make some swassa scabbard rings before (with the help of a friend).