Gunong for comment

T. Koch · 1st December 2013, 06:23 PM

Hi Detlef!

What a lovely little gem and sweet color to the tooth. You know I gotta ask: ...you gon' etch?

Do you or anybody else know when/where this type of Moro ferrule, where little balls and wire is soldered to it, was in use? I've also sometimes seen it on kris and I much prefer it to those ferrules with the chiseled okir. Is the type of decoration we see on this gunong (balls + wire) also referred to as okir, or does that only apply to carvings/chiselings?

Congrats in any case Detlef, and hope you show more pics after some TLC.

Cheers, - Thor

1st December 2013, 06:23 PM	#2
T. Koch Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Mother North Posts: 189	Hi Detlef! What a lovely little gem and sweet color to the tooth. You know I gotta ask: ...you gon' etch? Do you or anybody else know when/where this type of Moro ferrule, where little balls and wire is soldered to it, was in use? I've also sometimes seen it on kris and I much prefer it to those ferrules with the chiseled okir. Is the type of decoration we see on this gunong (balls + wire) also referred to as okir, or does that only apply to carvings/chiselings? Congrats in any case Detlef, and hope you show more pics after some TLC. Cheers, - Thor