Maguindanao kris and some questions

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Originally Posted by David

I'll jump on board Detlef.
Ah, to restore or not to restore...always the question. Here are my thoughts on this one.
This has some really interesting native repairs going on. I especially like the wooden nails. Some interesting history there for sure. If this were mine i wouldn't change those a bit. I would simply clean it up a bit and maybe try to secure the pommel a bit if possible. You certainly can't remove the rattan and ever expect to get it back properly in place again. So i would clean up the blade and wood a bit and leave it be.
I really like this sheath btw.

Thank's a lot David!

And nice to read that someone have the same thoughts about the congeniality of this native repairs. I like this repair with the two wooden nails as well but what disturb this look in my opinion is that the broken crest isn't nailed exactly again, look at picture 9 where you can see the nails and since the broken crest is a little bit lose I am afraid that it can break again. So here my plan I have in mind: with a little bit patience it will be possible to open the broken pommel again without destroy. When this is possible you will be able to push aside the rattan. After this I can secure the pommel safe, than I can put the rattan again over the pommel and fix the broken crest again in a better way but let the repair visible.
The sheath and this native repair was the reason why I bought this kris. It is a big and heavy pice btw.

Regards,

Detlef