Two Moro Kris Added to the Collection

SanibelSwassa · 2nd June 2022, 02:11 AM

I recently found these two Moro Kris and was excited to bring them to a their new home. No cleanup or restoration yet but will post once those are completed.

kino · 2nd June 2022, 04:33 AM

I’ve seen the 5 waved one recently. Are they both from the same seller?
The wavy blade could be Sulu. Scabbard looks Mindanao. Large piece of ivory on the other.
Congrats. They’re both very nice. Thanks for sharing.

SanibelSwassa · 2nd June 2022, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by kino

I’ve seen the 5 waved one recently. Are they both from the same seller?
The wavy blade could be Sulu. Scabbard looks Mindanao. Large piece of ivory on the other.
Congrats. They’re both very nice. Thanks for sharing.

No they were from different owners. The 5 wave had been for sale on eBay several times. The asking price was always more than twice what I believed it’s current value and the seller had never sold on eBay so it was a little bit questionable. In the end the price was “fair” and the seller delivered the Kris without issue. I was thrilled!

Gustav · 2nd June 2022, 10:33 PM

Regarding the (very nice) twistcore kris I suppose that such blades could be early Maguindanao ones. Of course the "elephants trunk" looks Suluish, the rest is in many features close to my example

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ighlight=dacal

which could be a slightly later one.

2nd June 2022, 02:11 AM	#1
SanibelSwassa Member Join Date: Mar 2020 Location: Sanibel Florida Posts: 104	Two Moro Kris Added to the Collection I recently found these two Moro Kris and was excited to bring them to a their new home. No cleanup or restoration yet but will post once those are completed. Attached Images

2nd June 2022, 04:33 AM	#2
kino Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,002	I’ve seen the 5 waved one recently. Are they both from the same seller? The wavy blade could be Sulu. Scabbard looks Mindanao. Large piece of ivory on the other. Congrats. They’re both very nice. Thanks for sharing.

2nd June 2022, 10:33 PM	#4
Gustav Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,247	Regarding the (very nice) twistcore kris I suppose that such blades could be early Maguindanao ones. Of course the "elephants trunk" looks Suluish, the rest is in many features close to my example http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ighlight=dacal which could be a slightly later one.