Inlaid Kris and Punang

[Battara]

Wayan, I do think that learning more about Moro kris would be helpful. I do have a Balinese kris with an ivory Ravana hilt that I have made attempts at restoration similar to one of your wonderful pieces. I enjoy Balinese as my favorite keris outside the Philippines. My main area of collecting is PI/Moro and there is grace and beauty to be found in these pieces as well. Just take a look at my avatar - a swaasa/ivory/silver hilt. I'm sure you did not mean any offense by your comments, though your style did come off to me as a little gruff. Perhaps we could learn more from each other since I favor Balinese keris when discussing Indonesian pieces (Bugis royal keris are second for me).

Here is a wonderful example of a Moro kris with silver and gold:

http://www.oriental-arms.com/photos.php?id=59