25th March 2019, 11:21 AM | #1 |
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37 inch Visayan Kris?
I found this at an online auction, the description goes as" "A mix of a Visayan Bolo and a Moro Kris? It is certainly of monstrous dimensions: 37 inches long (In scabbard). The blade is wavy, deadly sharp and ‘only’ 30 inches long (For comparison purposes it is shown below next to a rather big 20 inches blade Moro Kris). The handle is a Deity shaped carved from horn and the cross guard is steel. Wood scabbard bound with brass wires. Good condition. Few blackened spots on the blade. Cracks on the scabbard (But hold solid) and few of the brass wire bands are damaged and few missing. Very Unusual piece." |
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9th April 2019, 07:43 PM | #4 |
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Is there pic of this? You have my curiosity up.
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9th April 2019, 08:30 PM | #5 |
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I googled the description provided mross and I found that the sword was offered by Artzi http://oriental-arms.com/photos.php?id=1300
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9th April 2019, 10:03 PM | #6 |
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Interesting blade. I'd be interested in seeing how it feels in hand.
BUT...a wavy blade is a wavy blade. Some might call it a "flamboyant" blade. This is a very interesting sword, but it is certainly not a kris. |
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What exactly makes it Visayan? I don't believe these types of groups made anything outside of tools as weapons....
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It's not a Kris by any standard; if the blade was straight what would you call it?
Certainly not a Kris. |
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Shazam,
Your original post appears in Artzi's "sold items" section so you can show it here as it's not currently for sale. The hilt of this sword is typical Visayan work from Panay, and the scabbard is consistent with that origin also. It is a flamboyant-bladed sword, but not similar to either a kris or keris in several key aspects, as others have noted already. Ian . Last edited by Ian; 10th April 2019 at 10:22 AM. |
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Shazam, nothing about the blade screams Visayan other than the scrabard and handle that they slapped on their, which is something they usually do with a lot of the better weapons they can get their hands but obviously can't make themselves. Even the moros were not capable of making swords on par with that of europe and its western colonies. |
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Have a look here: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...t=visayan+daga Also not Visayan? Regards, Detlef |
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What makes the blade obviously Visayan and original, in my opinion, is that the Kris Blade is straightly erected and aligned to the handle, as opposed to the Moro Kris. Kris's like this is something we see among Visayan and Luzon works but never beyond that.
Nobody on other regions of Asia makes a blade like that, not even Moros, let alone for some reason make one specifically for a few Visayans for no logical logistical reason behind it. Nor does it make sense for Moros to make blades for people we know they regularly raid. So unfortunately for Maharlika, his narrative that "literally all blades in the Visayas is imported" is not true. Last edited by ashkenaz; 14th May 2019 at 07:20 AM. |
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