A.--- An old Madura blade, arsenic trioxide, stained about 1965.
B.--- An old Sumatra blade, stained in about 1960 with sulphur, salt, rice water.
C.--- An old Bali blade, arsenic trioxide, stained about 1962; this blade was extremely corroded and had deteriorated badly prior to the clean and stain.
D.--- An old South Sumatra blade, arsenic trioxide, stained about 1974.
E.--- An old Surakarta blade, arsenic trioxide, stained about 1978; this blade was purchased from an English dealer and is attributed to Wirasukadgo.
F.--- An old Bali/Lombok blade, arsenic trioxide, stained about 1970.
G.--- An old Peninsular Bugis blade, stained with warangan in Jogjakarta in 1972 by Romo Murdo; this was a "quick fix" stain, not a proper clean and stain.
H.--- An old Jawa blade (Senopaten), stained with warangan in Jogjakarta in 1978; this is a standard commercial stain.
I.--- A keris made by Empu Suparman in 1982 and stained by him using warangan.
J.--- My first attempt at pamor in a keris blade, made in 1980 before I was taught by Pak Parman, this stain was done with arsenic trioxide.
K.--- My first attempt at pamor in a dagger blade, made in 1980, this blade is the same construction as a keris, with a steel core and pamor of nickel and iron on its faces, the blade has not been stained but only etched with dilute hydrochloric acid.
K1.--- Close up of K.
L.--- A dagger of damascus which I made in about 1985, this is made of wrought iron and 01 steel, it was etched with hydrochloric acid, stained with ferric chloride, then washed with white wine vinegar.
L1.--- Close up of L1.
Looks like they've been posted here in a very disordered fashion, guess you'll just have to look for the titles.
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