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A. G. Maisey · 26th January 2011, 03:44 AM

I first used pineapple juice to clean a keris blade in about 1955.

I used it because I had read that coconut water should be used to remove rust from a keris blade, and I could not get coconut water.

Since 1955 I've done a few blades with pineapple juice, and I consider it to be better than coconut water, which I have also used.

I agree that there are many possible ways in which to remove rust from a keris blade, however, pineapple juice does work very well.

26th January 2011, 03:44 AM	#12
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,085	I first used pineapple juice to clean a keris blade in about 1955. I used it because I had read that coconut water should be used to remove rust from a keris blade, and I could not get coconut water. Since 1955 I've done a few blades with pineapple juice, and I consider it to be better than coconut water, which I have also used. I agree that there are many possible ways in which to remove rust from a keris blade, however, pineapple juice does work very well.