New Moro kris

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by kai

I beg to differ: There are several deep cracks which surely were filled with rust. There is no way that a gentle polish of the surface would have removed these pockets of residual rust. Thus, for long-term preservation a limited acid soak was not a wrong strategy; with good planning, the process could have been shortened though.

Hello Kai,
I have polished several moro blades with a much harder grade of corrosion without a bath in a vinegar or citric acid solution before, not one of this blades show until now new active corrosion.
But in general I agree, it can't hurt! I only want to state that it wasn't really required. And a more easy way would have been a direct polish.

Originally Posted by kai

any harm done in this case - we all have seen much worse restoration attempts, I believe!

For sure! So please don't push Apolaki to remove the hilt. Who get a small shock when he realize that he need to polish a blade (sorry Apolaki ) will have a great problem to fix the hilt later again proper. All my Moro kris blades I have restored by self never I have dismantled the hilt, the result is in many cases visible at this place, just search a little bit.
Yes, it's a little bit circuitous to polish a kris blade with attached hilt but for sure more easy as to dismantle a hilt and more to reattach it proper again IMVHO.

Regards,
Detlef

[Sajen]

By this pictures (taken from Gustav) you can see, how a kris hilt is constructed in many cases and I think Apolakis kris hilt as well. When the brass bands get broken when you want to dismantle the hilt you need to open the binding and you have a difficult restore object. It can be done but only for experienced persons.

Regards,
Detlef

[Battara]

Just a side note, Gustav's Moro hilt looks like it comes from Tawi-Tawi. Their hilts are made in this fashion.

Also Sajen is right - I've done a couple of Tawi-Tawi hilts before and it is a lot of work and time consuming.

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by Battara

Just a side note, Gustav's Moro hilt looks like it comes from Tawi-Tawi. Their hilts are made in this fashion.

Also Sajen is right - I've done a couple of Tawi-Tawi hilts before and it is a lot of work and time consuming.

Thank you Jose. When there is no compelling reason to dismantle a good fitted kris hilt I never would do it.

The hilt I've shown again with Gustavs pictures missing it's back crest, see picture. How you would classify the complete kris?

Regards,
Detlef