Some Philippines kris from my collection

carlos · 16th June 2010, 11:55 AM

Those are my last adquisitions. A good kris with sheath very curious. One of them has a little ivory pommel and good blade, with wood sheath.
Another has cackatua pommel with a unusual sheath, engraved and with 2 details, a little square mirror and a pice of metal at the end of the sheath,and some part of the blade is engraved too. The 2 blades are cover with a barnish.
The another kris had been restored by a friend ( only the rattan ) and I don´t have the sheath. ( Flavio, my apologies for the delay in post this kris ).
Best regards and I wish you enjoy this pieces-
Carlos

migueldiaz · 17th June 2010, 02:17 AM

Nice collection, Carlos! Thanks for sharing the photos

Battara · 17th June 2010, 04:12 AM

Nice pieces. The kris with the weird scabbard - the scabbard is new and not traditionally made.

The rattan on the other kris could use some stainig but nice work.

All the blades could use a little staining to being out the laminiations.

The one kris with the engravings has nice talismans - great engravings.

Also the one with the ivory appears to be a little older than the other 2 looking at the pommel size and the way the waves are in the blade. Perhaps early to mid - 1800s?

kai · 17th June 2010, 09:44 AM

Hello Carlos,

Thanks for posting your latest acquisitions!

I'm with Jose - the blades scream for a good cleaning, polishing, and etching job to bring out their true beauty. Could you post close-ups of the gangya area taken from directly above, please?

Do all pieces have a seperate gangya - can't see that from the pics?

What's the length of the blades?

Regards,
Kai

carlos · 17th June 2010, 10:08 AM

The kris with ivory pommel has a blade with 20,5 inc, the kris with complete cockatoa pommel has 21 inc and the kris with rattan restored has 21.5inc (blade).
I have take new picture.
thanks for the information.
carlos

Dimasalang · 17th June 2010, 09:00 PM

Sweet collection Carlos!
I need to learn how to weave.

16th June 2010, 11:55 AM	#1
carlos Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 755	Some Philippines kris from my collection Those are my last adquisitions. A good kris with sheath very curious. One of them has a little ivory pommel and good blade, with wood sheath. Another has cackatua pommel with a unusual sheath, engraved and with 2 details, a little square mirror and a pice of metal at the end of the sheath,and some part of the blade is engraved too. The 2 blades are cover with a barnish. The another kris had been restored by a friend ( only the rattan ) and I don´t have the sheath. ( Flavio, my apologies for the delay in post this kris ). Best regards and I wish you enjoy this pieces- Carlos Attached Images

17th June 2010, 10:08 AM	#5
carlos Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 755	The kris with ivory pommel has a blade with 20,5 inc, the kris with complete cockatoa pommel has 21 inc and the kris with rattan restored has 21.5inc (blade). I have take new picture. thanks for the information. carlos Attached Images

17th June 2010, 02:17 AM	#2
migueldiaz Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Manila, Phils. Posts: 1,042	Nice collection, Carlos! Thanks for sharing the photos

17th June 2010, 04:12 AM	#3
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,345	Nice pieces. The kris with the weird scabbard - the scabbard is new and not traditionally made. The rattan on the other kris could use some stainig but nice work. All the blades could use a little staining to being out the laminiations. The one kris with the engravings has nice talismans - great engravings. Also the one with the ivory appears to be a little older than the other 2 looking at the pommel size and the way the waves are in the blade. Perhaps early to mid - 1800s?

17th June 2010, 09:44 AM	#4
kai Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,255	Hello Carlos, Thanks for posting your latest acquisitions! I'm with Jose - the blades scream for a good cleaning, polishing, and etching job to bring out their true beauty. Could you post close-ups of the gangya area taken from directly above, please? Do all pieces have a seperate gangya - can't see that from the pics? What's the length of the blades? Regards, Kai

17th June 2010, 09:00 PM	#6
Dimasalang Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 264	Sweet collection Carlos! I need to learn how to weave.