Twist-core with two piece ivory cockatoo

DaveS · 20th April 2014, 05:43 AM

Here is a moro kris with a very subtle kind of twist-core. Blade is 21 inches long and the twist is not easy to see. The interesting about this piece is that the ivory pommel is made from two pieces put together with gold pins. On the back to the front, there are holes that might have held a strip of maybe silver or something else, although there is no evidence that anything was ever laid around the top of the pommel. No Scabbard. Anyone have any ideas about what these holes might have been used for...........Dave.

20th April 2014, 05:43 AM	#1
DaveS Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 327	Twist-core with two piece ivory cockatoo Here is a moro kris with a very subtle kind of twist-core. Blade is 21 inches long and the twist is not easy to see. The interesting about this piece is that the ivory pommel is made from two pieces put together with gold pins. On the back to the front, there are holes that might have held a strip of maybe silver or something else, although there is no evidence that anything was ever laid around the top of the pommel. No Scabbard. Anyone have any ideas about what these holes might have been used for...........Dave. Attached Images