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Somebody got a good buy? They could have made bit of a gamble. I do not know much about these but it looks okay.
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Hey Tim, you're a lucky boy
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Thanks Flavio. I think a small piece of the hilt is missing but at the price I suppose I can live with it.
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Yes Tim, maybe a little piece is missing, what a shame!!!! How you can live with this!!!!! Noooo for sure you can't, so send to me the kris
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Nice solid Moro kris, possible Maguindanao (need to double check on that).
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I did take a bit of a gamble on the sellers pics but it has all turned out fine. I am not familiar with these weapons. This is very interesting, the quality and lightness reminds me of some of the best African work. I would say it handles much better than the best African sword like weapons. I can see that there is a forge pattern in the blade. There is a curious forge welded right angle section at the base of the blade before the separate guard piece. It is all compete with no damage to the pommel which I thought was damaged. The scabbard is very interesting, made of two pieces of wood. One piece has the scabbard mouth carved as part of it. The other piece slots in, both pieces are fixed at the end by a horn ring and rattan binding. It seems to me a quality weapon and its plain appearance may reflect a more back woods origin? I think I can understand the hullabaloo about these weapons a little more.
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