Moro Kris

MABAGANI · 25th October 2005, 03:34 PM

If the sword were secure to a hilt, you could try a test cuts, it should slice cleanly like a cutting sword if its sharp and holds an edge.
I'm going to let the evolution thing rest again, there are plenty of early influences culturally and within the variations of keris themselves to say the kris could have come from different origins but to pinpoint one without any decent examples and repeating an unfounded theory doesn't hold well. Early kris from Mindanao and Sulu have regional markers that held for centuries even to the present day where one can state the territory they were made.

rasdan · 26th October 2005, 03:10 AM

Hi all,

I'm not sure how it is treated, but i guess with the ordinary sour coconut water. I'm afraid the pctures are the only info i have at the moment. I'll try searching in aome other literature.

As for the origin etc, i metioned earlier that i lack knowledge of this weapon and my statement above is more a question than a theory. I have no idea if the theory has been discussed previously..hmm.. I probably had missed it.

Btw, I think i'll give a test after this to determine if it is tempered or not. Thanks for the opinion and advice guys..

Regards,
Rasdan

Battara · 26th October 2005, 04:46 AM

Say, Rasdan, where did the scans come from?

rasdan · 26th October 2005, 06:58 AM

I starting to feel that theres too much "hi".. hehe.. Anyway.. Hi Jose..

Its from a book published by the Malaysian Handicraft Authority. If i'm not mistaken, the kerisses are in the Malaysian National Museum, but they dont put it on dispay at the moment.

Regards,
Rasdan

25th October 2005, 03:34 PM	#1
MABAGANI Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 221	If the sword were secure to a hilt, you could try a test cuts, it should slice cleanly like a cutting sword if its sharp and holds an edge. I'm going to let the evolution thing rest again, there are plenty of early influences culturally and within the variations of keris themselves to say the kris could have come from different origins but to pinpoint one without any decent examples and repeating an unfounded theory doesn't hold well. Early kris from Mindanao and Sulu have regional markers that held for centuries even to the present day where one can state the territory they were made.

26th October 2005, 03:10 AM	#2
rasdan Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Kuala Lumpur Posts: 368	Hi all, I'm not sure how it is treated, but i guess with the ordinary sour coconut water. I'm afraid the pctures are the only info i have at the moment. I'll try searching in aome other literature. As for the origin etc, i metioned earlier that i lack knowledge of this weapon and my statement above is more a question than a theory. I have no idea if the theory has been discussed previously..hmm.. I probably had missed it. Btw, I think i'll give a test after this to determine if it is tempered or not. Thanks for the opinion and advice guys.. Regards, Rasdan

26th October 2005, 04:46 AM	#3
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,272	Say, Rasdan, where did the scans come from?

26th October 2005, 06:58 AM	#4
rasdan Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Kuala Lumpur Posts: 368	I starting to feel that theres too much "hi".. hehe.. Anyway.. Hi Jose.. Its from a book published by the Malaysian Handicraft Authority. If i'm not mistaken, the kerisses are in the Malaysian National Museum, but they dont put it on dispay at the moment. Regards, Rasdan