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Originally Posted by Battara
According to Cato (Moro Swords) the type 1 is the earliest and your classification would seem correct. All but the last 2 are Sulu, with the last 2 being Maguindanao and perhaps Maranao respectively. The last one is very recent.
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Interesting. The second to last one is my favourite. It looks very utilitarian and to me looks like it would have been the type to have been used in battle. I love its pointed tip, in my (limited) experience it seems as if the pointed tip on kris isn't as common.
I'm currently having a replica made inspired by that particular blade. It's not going to look entirely historically accurate since it's not being made anywhere near mindanao. It's being made in Luzon but I'll be looking into modifying its appearance once I know more in-depth about the talismanic gangya carvings. It will be monosteel and be through-hardened as opposed to folded and differentially hardened but my intentions of it are to use it for tameshigiri-like cutting practice. I don't collect antiques due to a family tradition forbidding as such, and even if I did I would never think to test cut with the real thing.