My new moro kris

[Battara]

I wouldn't use wood but perhaps faux ivory for repair. Also needs some blade polishing.

Nice honest junggayan kris. I love the fact that the unwoven rings are swassa.

[David]

Originally Posted by Battara

I wouldn't use wood but perhaps faux ivory for repair. Also needs some blade polishing.

Nice honest junggayan kris. I love the fact that the unwoven rings are swassa.

I remember that Ron (Spunjer) has a rather similar junggayan kris some years back (i actually set up the deal with the sell for him) that also had the tail missing from the ivory junggayan which he had a wonderful restoration done on, but i believe he actually had the tail replaced with and newly carved old piece of ivory. Ron, if you are still lurking here perhaps you could throw up a few pics.
José, i am curious how you can be so sure that the rings are suassa just from the photos. Has Carlos had the metal tested?

[Battara]

The hue tells me either swassa or swassa plated. Not copper, but a 9k gold. I've handled lots of swassa and even once made swassa looking just like this.

[Rick]

The braided silver wire is obvious in color, but I think that the contrasting rings are swassa; they just don't look like brass.








Good to see Shrug back again.

[David]

I'm not saying they are not suasa, i just question anyone's ability to be sure based solely on a photo. colour temperature of available light can always fool camera sensors and give incorrect hues in any photograph.