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Kris #1
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Provenance and age on this Kris please.
Swords Dimensions: OAL: 23" Blade: 19" Width: 1 1/2" Thickness: 1/4" |
Kris #2
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Provenance and age on this Kris please?
Sword's Dimensions: OAL: 27" Blade: 22 1/2" Blade width: 1 1/2 Thickness: 1/4 " |
Punal, kris #1 I would say is Tausug and possibly around the early 1800s
Kris #2 I would guess as Maguinanao, but possibly the hilt may be post 1900. |
I tend to agree with you Jose on the hilt on #2. It looks like a really nice 20th century hilt. I wouldn't be surprised if it is fairly recent. I have seen quite a few nicely made new hilts on some old kris of late. Many of them have ivory kakatus that have been dyed for an aging effect. I think a lot of these old blades get rehilted specifically to increase their resale with new hilts that are made to look older.
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I'd guess Tausug on the first one, the blade maybe 18C, maybe earlier. The second one looks like what Cato describes as "cross-over", so I would again just say Mindanao. The blade looks old, 1800? At least some of the work on the hilt looks to be recient, at least after 1960.
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