Kris Handle and Lion Scabbard

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Originally Posted by sjors

Realising we are a little bit spoiled with kerisses in the Netherlands I'am sorry to say but I couldn't agree more: this type of wrongko is very common and very easily found in the Netherlands.
Still today on almost every fleamarket you will find one or more of those "lionkerisses", most of the times "poorly" executeded souvenirs from Dutch soldiers who spend some time in "the Far East"...

(and to be honest or even blunt, in spite of their colleagues abroad, most Dutch collectors are not interested a bit in those lionkerisses because of their low quality and low value; most of the times they are sold for the amount of 40 or 50 American dollars or 30, 40 Euro's at the most...)

I only can speak for myself but think that Alan as well have meant old good carved lion wrongkos like the one here shown and not the hastily poor carved ones.
But maybe I should visit some fleemarkets in the Netherlands and I have good luck to find a good one!

Regards,

Detlef