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love the description, everything it is not. except the stunning bit....the brass scabbard looks unusual for a moro kris.
this auction just ended, would have liked to bid but it went over my limit by a few pounds. Ebay item no. 180118686947 i'm still looking for a good deal on a moro kris, looks like mandauman got a nice one. i guess from his user name he may know what it really is. |
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Is the scabbard ment to be like this? is a piece missing? the only reason I did not wade in.
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the scabbards sometimes had the swelled end on it (wranka or sampir on a keris), sometimes not. both types in the photo on the research site.
![]() the gangya on the blade looks like it was forged along with the blade which i undestand is usually mid 20th c. rather than 19th. still a pretty item. steve f. may have more info..... edited: i see he has commented. ![]() |
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Meh ...
![]() I believe this type of scabbard is of Mindanao origin. Brass asang asang ?? Most of the Moro stuff is here in the States . |
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$225.00 US is not a bad price; but personally I do not love the workmanship on this piece.
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I agree - don't like the quality on it. Brass mounts are not unheard of. I suspect that some of this metal is more recent than the original blade. I would place the scabbard at being Maguindanao, which is the only group as far as I know that has this scabbard style as one of the varients.
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