Help needed to ID Copper-kris blade

VANDOO · 16th February 2010, 03:57 AM

IT LOOKS LIKE AN EXPERIMENTAL BLADE TO ME. OFTEN PEOPLE EXPERIMENT WHEN THEY ARE LEARNING THEIR TRADE. IN THIS CASE SOMEONE USED A INCOMPLETE AND INFERIOR KERIS BLADE TO EXPERIMENT BY ADDING COPPER INSTEAD OF PARMOR TO THE BLADE CORE. THE COPPER COULD BE WORKED TO MAKE DESIGNS OR DRAGONS AND SUCH BUT IN THIS CASE FORMS A NATURAL BAROQUE PATTERN. ITS WISE TO USE A POOR BLADE THAT CAN'T BE RUINED WHEN YOU START WONDERING WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF I DID THIS??
IT IS COMMON TO FIND PURE COPPER BLADES MADE INTO SMALL KERIS TYPE BLADES COLD FORGED AND USING STOCK REMOVAL TECKNIQUES. THIS TYPE WOULD FALL INTO THE CATAGORY AS HOME MADE SIMI KERIS DAGGERS. PERHAPS COPPER ALSO IS BELIEVED TO HAVE SOME POWER TO PIERCE THINGS THAT ARE PROTECTED BY MAGIC FROM STEEL BLADES.

FilAmfighter1 · 16th February 2010, 02:26 PM

The blade apprears older then the handle and the spacer. The spacer is made aluminum and the handle is made of stacked leather. The blade looks much older I figured it was remount of an older blade. Within the copper there looks to be finger prints! The blade ballances well.

ThePepperSkull · 16th February 2010, 06:49 PM

perhaps we could get a better assessment of your blade if we had pictures with a better resolution.

Maybe if you took a pic with a digital camers, perhaps in natural light, we would be able to see the blade better and therefore analyze it more accurately.

FilAmfighter1 · 17th February 2010, 03:07 PM

Hey, I will try this weekend to stop by his house and get some pictures of this blade with better light and some more detail.

16th February 2010, 02:26 PM	#2
FilAmfighter1 Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Torrance Posts: 49	Additional notes on Kris The blade apprears older then the handle and the spacer. The spacer is made aluminum and the handle is made of stacked leather. The blade looks much older I figured it was remount of an older blade. Within the copper there looks to be finger prints! The blade ballances well.

17th February 2010, 03:07 PM	#4
FilAmfighter1 Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Torrance Posts: 49	Better pics Hey, I will try this weekend to stop by his house and get some pictures of this blade with better light and some more detail.

16th February 2010, 03:57 AM	#1
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	IT LOOKS LIKE AN EXPERIMENTAL BLADE TO ME. OFTEN PEOPLE EXPERIMENT WHEN THEY ARE LEARNING THEIR TRADE. IN THIS CASE SOMEONE USED A INCOMPLETE AND INFERIOR KERIS BLADE TO EXPERIMENT BY ADDING COPPER INSTEAD OF PARMOR TO THE BLADE CORE. THE COPPER COULD BE WORKED TO MAKE DESIGNS OR DRAGONS AND SUCH BUT IN THIS CASE FORMS A NATURAL BAROQUE PATTERN. ITS WISE TO USE A POOR BLADE THAT CAN'T BE RUINED WHEN YOU START WONDERING WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF I DID THIS?? IT IS COMMON TO FIND PURE COPPER BLADES MADE INTO SMALL KERIS TYPE BLADES COLD FORGED AND USING STOCK REMOVAL TECKNIQUES. THIS TYPE WOULD FALL INTO THE CATAGORY AS HOME MADE SIMI KERIS DAGGERS. PERHAPS COPPER ALSO IS BELIEVED TO HAVE SOME POWER TO PIERCE THINGS THAT ARE PROTECTED BY MAGIC FROM STEEL BLADES.

16th February 2010, 06:49 PM	#3
ThePepperSkull Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 338	perhaps we could get a better assessment of your blade if we had pictures with a better resolution. Maybe if you took a pic with a digital camers, perhaps in natural light, we would be able to see the blade better and therefore analyze it more accurately.