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			Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
		
		 
		22nd April 2008, 04:51 PM
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				Thank you all for your help. I do have little... 
				 
				Thank you all for your help. I do have little invested in it and would like to give the cleaning and restaining process a try--just for the fun and education of it.   
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		21st April 2008, 09:12 PM
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				I appreciate the comments. I thought there was... 
				 
				I appreciate the comments. I thought there was something terribly wrong when I saw the streaks running counter to the grain of the steel, but wasn't sure if this was a bad attempt at faking the...
			 
		 
		
		
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		21st April 2008, 12:49 AM
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				New Keris--Balinese? 
				 
				I ran across this keris at our local flea market. It reminds me quite a bit of a Balinese keris I had posted on this forum last year:  
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=3954  
  
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		10th February 2007, 01:33 AM
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				I haven't cleaned a lot of blades, but as an... 
				 
				I haven't cleaned a lot of blades, but as an antique tool collector, I've had to deal with a lot of rust on iron planes, steel chisels, etc.  
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		6th February 2007, 09:27 PM
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				I've done some restoration work on bone, ivory... 
				 
				I've done some restoration work on bone, ivory and stag and have worked out a method that with a little care can result in a virtually invisible repair.   
  
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		19th January 2007, 09:12 PM
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		19th January 2007, 08:13 PM
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				A very simple and commonly used process with... 
				 
				A very simple and commonly used process with rusty old tools, etc. is to soak it in a solution of 1/2 white vinegar and 1/2 water. After a few days in this solution, the rust slides right of with a...
			 
		 
		
		
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		19th January 2007, 04:58 AM
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				I have a couple of burnishers with oval cross... 
				 
				I have a couple of burnishers with oval cross section. They don't have pointed ends, but that would be easy to add--for whatever reason. The handle on your's looks bench made to me. The kind of style...
			 
		 
		
		
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		18th January 2007, 03:48 PM
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				Thank you all for taking the time to post your... 
				 
				Thank you all for taking the time to post your opinions on this piece. I feel I have a much clearer idea now of what I have.   
  
My Grandfather wasn't a knowlegeable collector, and brought back from...
			 
		 
		
		
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		17th January 2007, 09:33 PM
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				Grandpa's Keris 
				 
				Hi, I'm new to the forum. Am a long time knife collector, but a novice with ethnographic blades.   
  My grandfather lived and traveled in Indonesia back in the 50's and brought this back as a...
			 
		 
		
		
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		16th January 2007, 09:51 PM
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		16th January 2007, 09:37 PM
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				You mean there are no experts on early brass... 
				 
				You mean there are no experts on early brass handled Papal-assassin figural daggers in this forum with other examples of winged lions to support your identification? How disappointing.   
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