Another Moro Jungayyan Kriss

[F. de Luzon]

Nice Moro kris, CharlesS! Are the channels carved into the scabbard? A furniture manufacturer once told me that when they export wooden furniture from the Philippines by sea, sometimes the wood expands so much that nails become loose. Could wood expansion have caused the indentations? Rattan does not break easily.

Fernando

[mariusgmioc]

Originally Posted by F. de Luzon

Nice Moro kris, CharlesS! Are the channels carved into the scabbard? A furniture manufacturer once told me that when they export wooden furniture from the Philippines by sea, sometimes the wood expands so much that nails become loose. Could wood expansion have caused the indentations? Rattan does not break easily.

Fernando

Nice kris indeed!

But regarding your question, I doubt that the wood can be so easily inprinted. While the cannels are quite narrow, they have significant length, and I assume there must be tremendous forces to be able to inprint such channels. And while the rattan may withstand such forces, the wood would most certainly crack and break, long before being inprinted with che channels.

Just my idea...

[CharlesS]

Yes, the channels are most definitely carved.

Thanks for your interest and comments.