MORO KRIS WITH ODD POMMEL

[Gustav]

Could be broken and reshaped, yet the shape reminds a tulip pommel.

[Amuk Murugul]

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,

[Battara]

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.

[Spunjer]

Gustav hit it right on the head. it's the tulip pommel. i would bet that at one point, it has some sort of cap similar to this kris:

[Battara]

I have seen tulip forms before and the kris pommel in question seems very crude and unfinished, as if the final form was an after thought.

Perhaps close ups might answer many questions.

There is another possibility: this had a tulip or conical metal head head that came off and what we see is the base upon which it sat.......

[Spunjer]

Originally Posted by Battara

I have seen tulip forms before and the kris pommel in question seems very crude and unfinished, as if the final form was an after thought.

Perhaps close ups might answer many questions.

There is another possibility: this had a tulip or conical metal head head that came off and what we see is the base upon which it sat.......

jose, that was the gist of my last post . in that the kris vandoo posted has a metal cap similar to the kris i posted...

[Spunjer]

here are more detailed pictures of the cap:

[Battara]

Originally Posted by Spunjer

jose, that was the gist of my last post . in that the kris vandoo posted has a metal cap similar to the kris i posted...

Ah.......I see..... (said the blind man as he picked up his table and saw. )