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19th November 2013, 07:17 PM | #1 |
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MORO KRIS WITH ODD POMMEL
RECENTLY SOLD ON EBAY I WAS CURIOUS BUT NOT ENOUGH TO BID ON IT. I AM STILL CURIOUS AND PERHAPS A MEMBER GOT IT AND COULD ENLIGHTEN ME. THE POMMEL APPEARS TO BE A FLAKED STONE OR PERHAPS A CHUNK OF METAL, HAS ANYONE SEEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS BEFORE? PERHAPS FOR A TAILSMAN OR TYPE OF ANTING ANTING?
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19th November 2013, 07:30 PM | #2 |
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I would need better photos to determine just what that is (metal, stone or wood ). I will say that if it went cheaply enough the rest of the ensemble looks reasonably good and may have been worth a bid.
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19th November 2013, 07:44 PM | #3 |
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Just based on what little tale the pictures show. I would think a badly broken pommel that was carved down to a usable shape.
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19th November 2013, 08:40 PM | #4 |
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Could be broken and reshaped, yet the shape reminds a tulip pommel.
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19th November 2013, 09:35 PM | #5 |
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Hullo everybody!
To me, it looks like the stub of the handle used to insert into a pommel, with the pommel having disappeared some time ago. I have a couple where one can see that the stub had merely been inserted and glued to the now-missing pommel. Best, Last edited by Amuk Murugul; 20th November 2013 at 12:46 AM. |
19th November 2013, 11:47 PM | #6 |
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I think what you folks have proposed is a viable theory, especially if you look at the broken wrap at the base of the pommel.
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