Kris/Kalis with straight blade

kai · 22nd May 2015, 06:37 PM

Hello Wayne & Rick,

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Maybe try wire; can you get silver ?
This pattern would look good with twine lacquered too .
Ashley's Book of Knots maybe ?

A good silver wire wrap is not that easy to do; I'd prefer braided twine (try to get a grip on the typical Moro braiding) and cover it with cutler's resin when finished. (Easier to do and should also look better between those 2 silver bands.)

Regards,
Kai

Battara · 23rd May 2015, 03:12 AM

Actually Kai some baca- baca were soldered to the strips on Magindanao pieces.

I agree with taking some of those bands off, like the scalloped one. And yes I have a kris once belonging to Datu Piang that has a solid silver Proposal: would it be helpful to get the letter on hospital letter head and FedEx'd to the place?Ganga.

DaveS · 23rd May 2015, 05:34 AM

In my collection somewhere i have an old twist-core that has a copper gangya. In general though i think blades with a different type of metal in the gangya have to be fairly rare........Dave.

Battara · 24th May 2015, 01:43 PM

Yes Dave. So far as I can tell they are fairly rare.

23rd May 2015, 03:12 AM	#2
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,280	Actually Kai some baca- baca were soldered to the strips on Magindanao pieces. I agree with taking some of those bands off, like the scalloped one. And yes I have a kris once belonging to Datu Piang that has a solid silver Proposal: would it be helpful to get the letter on hospital letter head and FedEx'd to the place?Ganga.

23rd May 2015, 05:34 AM	#3
DaveS Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 327	In my collection somewhere i have an old twist-core that has a copper gangya. In general though i think blades with a different type of metal in the gangya have to be fairly rare........Dave.

24th May 2015, 01:43 PM	#4
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,280	Yes Dave. So far as I can tell they are fairly rare.