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VANDOO · 12th June 2012, 07:22 PM

I THINK ITS GOOD TO GO SLOW WHEN DECIDING TO RE-ARRANGE OR REPLACE THINGS ON A WEAPON. I HAVE HAD THE UNFORTUNATE EXPERIENCE OF HAVING A KRIS HANDLE THOUGHT TO BE ON BACKWARDS TURNED AROUND ONLY TO FIND THE WEAPON WAS THEN OFF BALANCE AND OFF CENTER AND FELT LIKE IT HAD A BENT TANG. THIS RENDERED THAT KERIS A VERY POOR WEAPON WHICH CERTIANLY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN TOLERATED BY ANY MORO WARRIOR. I TOO CAN'T ABIDE SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE A SWORD BUT HAS THE BALANCE OF A TIRE IRON.

JUDGE BY WORKMANSHIP, MATERIALS USED, AND THE FEEL OF THE WEAPON IN THE HAND.
YOUR EXAMPLE SEEMS TO HAVE A WOOD FOUND IN THE PHILIPPINES AND SOME AGE BUT DOES APPEAR TO HAVE VARNISH ON IT WITH SOME WEAR. IT COULD HAVE BEEN DAMAGED IN BATTLE AND THE HANDLE REPLACED BY SOME NON-MORO PERSON.
WERE THERE ANY ASIAN TROOPS THERE DURING THE SPANISH TIMES OR THE EARLY AMERICAN PRESENCE? THERE WERE CERTIANLY JAPANESE PRESENT DURING WW2 AND CHINESE TRADE GOES WAY BACK IN TIME. AS YOU SAID I WISH THESE THINGS COULD TALK AS MANY INTERESTING STORIES HAVE BEEN LOST.

12th June 2012, 07:22 PM	#9
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	I THINK ITS GOOD TO GO SLOW WHEN DECIDING TO RE-ARRANGE OR REPLACE THINGS ON A WEAPON. I HAVE HAD THE UNFORTUNATE EXPERIENCE OF HAVING A KRIS HANDLE THOUGHT TO BE ON BACKWARDS TURNED AROUND ONLY TO FIND THE WEAPON WAS THEN OFF BALANCE AND OFF CENTER AND FELT LIKE IT HAD A BENT TANG. THIS RENDERED THAT KERIS A VERY POOR WEAPON WHICH CERTIANLY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN TOLERATED BY ANY MORO WARRIOR. I TOO CAN'T ABIDE SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE A SWORD BUT HAS THE BALANCE OF A TIRE IRON. JUDGE BY WORKMANSHIP, MATERIALS USED, AND THE FEEL OF THE WEAPON IN THE HAND. YOUR EXAMPLE SEEMS TO HAVE A WOOD FOUND IN THE PHILIPPINES AND SOME AGE BUT DOES APPEAR TO HAVE VARNISH ON IT WITH SOME WEAR. IT COULD HAVE BEEN DAMAGED IN BATTLE AND THE HANDLE REPLACED BY SOME NON-MORO PERSON. WERE THERE ANY ASIAN TROOPS THERE DURING THE SPANISH TIMES OR THE EARLY AMERICAN PRESENCE? THERE WERE CERTIANLY JAPANESE PRESENT DURING WW2 AND CHINESE TRADE GOES WAY BACK IN TIME. AS YOU SAID I WISH THESE THINGS COULD TALK AS MANY INTERESTING STORIES HAVE BEEN LOST.