New Moro kris

[Sajen]

Here a second example of the same pommel style from Oriental-Arms.

[Battara]

Yes that is why I with Rick say to leave the pommel alone - it appears to be a Maguindanao style.

And yes I sold mine to Spunger originally. A great piece (too bad I needed the money at the time ).

Thank for the comments Sajen. One of my earliest restoration projects.

[kai]

Examples of this pommel style which were obviously original never show a distinct beak (i. e. both, beak and crest, heavily stylized). Since Detlef's examples has a distinct beak and also the flow of lines where the crest could have been seems to be unusual, I'd guess that the original pommel got recarved a long time ago.

Regards,
Kai

[David]

Originally Posted by kai

Examples of this pommel style which were obviously original never show a distinct beak (i. e. both, beak and crest, heavily stylized). Since Detlef's examples has a distinct beak and also the flow of lines where the crest could have been seems to be unusual, I'd guess that the original pommel got recarved a long time ago.
Regards,
Kai

Well that's my thought as well Kai. To me Sajen's pommel looks unbalanced while these other examples do not. So i vote that it broke some time ago and was recarved. Still i would also agree with the others to leave the pommel as is. Recarved or not it is what it is and i wouldn't attempt to change anything.

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by kai

Examples of this pommel style which were obviously original never show a distinct beak (i. e. both, beak and crest, heavily stylized). Since Detlef's examples has a distinct beak and also the flow of lines where the crest could have been seems to be unusual, I'd guess that the original pommel got recarved a long time ago.

Regards,
Kai

Agree that the beak is longer/distinct as the other examples are shown, so you maybe right by your guess.

Regards,

Detlef