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Old 2nd July 2013, 05:51 PM   #1
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Default An Oddball Moro Knife/Golok

Just when you think you've seen it all with Moro stuff...set yourself up for a surprise.

Here is a Moro knife/chopper/golok in a form I have never encountered before. It is 22in. overall with a heavy, clever-like blade of typical Moro patter welded steel, measuring 14in. Note the unique chiseling at the ricasso and toward the down turned tip.

I have no idea what this one is called or if it shows up on the OLD Moro weapons boards.

The weight and balance of the thing does not make it perfect for a weapon, though certainly it could be pressed into service as one, no less than a kitchen clever could....and that's what it really feels more like, that is, a tool, or clever.

The scabbard is new. Philip Tom and I tried to develop something ethnically and aesthetically correct, though we had absolutely nothing to go on for a piece of this type.

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Old 2nd July 2013, 06:28 PM   #2
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Lovely knife, and great work on the scabbard.
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Old 2nd July 2013, 06:33 PM   #3
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Hello Charles,

nice and interesting item, love the pattern of the blade. Very good job by the scabbard, it look like original.

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I think I have seen this ups of knife before somewhere in the past. What I saw would have been Moro, though without the same quality of hilt.
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Old 3rd July 2013, 07:30 AM   #5
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Hello Charles,

Congrats for grabbing this neat blade from the Higgins - did you try to inquire with them for the original collection notes? (In the auction, provenance was given for all other blades of the lot but this one...)

Granting a fair bit of artistic license, the attached pic may show the same blade type with a different hilt (old miniatures from Carlos' collection; no names given).

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Old 3rd July 2013, 11:35 AM   #6
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Hi Kai.

Thanks for the pic. I think the blade type is spot on, but it appears the board has sword types from all over and not necessarily Moro...is that correct? That makes me wonder what this miniature was being copied from.

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Old 3rd July 2013, 05:40 PM   #7
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Another possibility is that it could be a traded blade......
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