Unusual kris with shell guard

VVV · 18th April 2013, 10:34 AM

Gustav, thanks for taking your time writing such a good explanation.
I can see that my references were not as clear as I hoped so maybe I should have skipped them altogether (or maybe only included #3).

What I wanted to show was that, especially, the elephant trunk area (your arrow 1) on Carlos' kris is quite crudely done, something that is also found on the kris blades from Panay.
It seems from your description like you have the same impression of Carlos' kris, but not the other krisses, on this part?
The blade did not strike me as Moro, and never having heard about the Bicolano kris production before this, combined with the other features, made me suspect Panay. A proven kris producing area which is quite close to Bicol, too.
This is getting more and more interesting and I hope someone soon will be able to find some reference on the existence of local kris production in Bicol.

Michael

18th April 2013, 10:34 AM	#12
VVV Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 1,637	Gustav, thanks for taking your time writing such a good explanation. I can see that my references were not as clear as I hoped so maybe I should have skipped them altogether (or maybe only included #3). What I wanted to show was that, especially, the elephant trunk area (your arrow 1) on Carlos' kris is quite crudely done, something that is also found on the kris blades from Panay. It seems from your description like you have the same impression of Carlos' kris, but not the other krisses, on this part? The blade did not strike me as Moro, and never having heard about the Bicolano kris production before this, combined with the other features, made me suspect Panay. A proven kris producing area which is quite close to Bicol, too. This is getting more and more interesting and I hope someone soon will be able to find some reference on the existence of local kris production in Bicol. Michael