Moro Kris

[kronckew]

moro kris arrived today, i am quite pleased with it, grip is tight, complete and undamaged except for a couple small pieces of MOP inlay that have been chipped. blade is sharp, had a few black rust spots but nothing active. needed a bit of a clean to get some white metal polish residue off the copper baca-bacas and the gangya nooks and crannies. ran a steel along the edges to clean off a couple small rust spots, the blade 'sings' when its stroked it has now been oiled with scented mineral oil .

i see that the ebay pics have disappeared, so here are some more.






not shown, the pommel end had two triangular pieces of MOP inlayed either side of a decorative carved transverse groove.

the scabbard is fancy carved on the port side of the scabbard, and not carved at all on the starboard side. the upper corner has in some past trauma had part of the wood knocked off and that has been smoothed and blackened, leaving the upper protrusion of the gangya exposed.

if the scabbard is worn left side to show the carvings, the grip points to the rear and the scabbard must be twisted 90 degrees clockwise in order to grip correctly for a quick draw/strike iado fashion. if the owner was a lefty, and wore it on the right, it would be correct for a european style cross draw.