[Battara]

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.