Laminated Kris for comment

[Rick]

Originally Posted by kai

Yes, a post-WW2 era piece.



I don't think the fullers were ever done correctly.

I believe sanding will be more than tedious and some dedicated tools would fare much better. If you can find a metal file of suitable diameter and bend it, that should help to even out and deepen the fullers; that would certainly help to make this kris more attractive.

Regards,
Kai

Yes one could; but then you would be altering the blade to something other than the way it was originally made.

I sent a very nice kris off to someone for etching and for some reason they changed the tip to an acute point from its original semi rounded configuration.

I wasn't at all happy about that.