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A good friend's great grandfather was stationed in the Philipines in the late 1900s. He collected this. My friend inherited this with a kampilan and a dagger.
He was having a garage sale and nobody wanted to buy them, so he offered them to me at a very low price. I had to reshape the broken pommel. The piece seems entirely original. Need to do a little rust removal and more cleaning. The scabbard is just two pieces of wood. It had come apart and I glued it back together How can I better clean the dark spots and bring out the center panel? Your comments? |
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What a great sword thanks for sharing it
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Bill, I don't know how low is the very low price but that's a darn good sword and I'd love to have one as such. Congrats man. Thought you're already adept at cleaning.
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Ya know Bill , I think I'm going to start calling you 'Hoover' 'cause you really are vacuuming up a lot of stuff my friend .
![]() ![]() That is a fascinating wood that the scabbard is made from; the grain reminds me of a Briar pipe ; scabbard by Kaywoodie !? ![]() ![]() Seriously though; does anyone have an idea as to what kind of timber this might be; it is quite stunning . |
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Thats lovely Bill, you do find them...
![]() Rick, several burrs can have that figure & colour, but it most looks like Amboyna to me. { one of the pterocarpis family} Spiral |
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Thanks for the input Spiral .
![]() Man that stuff is pretty .... oh yes, the kris ain't half bad either . ![]() |
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Thank you Rick, Actually my father wrote a book about Hoover. http://cgi.ebay.com/Our-President-He...QQcmdZViewItem I have a few copies........ |
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Bill, what a nice Moro sword.... and how you acquired it....you jammy "£$%"...congrats again, I really like it.
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Thanks for all the comments!
Can anyone tell me what I have here? I have less knowledge than you might think about Moro kris. ![]() |
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Bill
Nice kris ![]() ![]() Lew |
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http://www.white-lightning.com/flash2.html http://www.steves-digicams.com/2003_reviews/fz10.html Works for me. Thank you for the compliments. Bill |
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Bill,
Excellenct kris. When I go to yard sales all I ever see is old baby stuff and lawnmowers. ![]() Mike |
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![]() I am of the second opinion. My friend was very happy to get his asking price because nobody else even offered close to it. The Kampilan, dagger and the Kris, total package, was $600. ![]() I was very happy and he was very happy. ![]() ![]() |
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![]() Lets face it.....to some people..'wasting' $600 on several weapons is sacrilige........But we all know, that many of us would have paid alot more,and still it would not have been a 'waste'....no wonder psychologists have so much difficulty understanding human nature... ![]() ![]() |
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It was a garage sale. At a garage sale you are always suppose to start out with "will you take...for it." It's an American Custom.
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