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A. G. Maisey · 1st September 2010, 07:36 AM

I would most humbly suggest that one is best advised to do one's own restoration.

I did my own work for more than 20 years before I ever had access to craftsmen in Jawa. Yes, it requires patience, and it requires the willingness to learn the techniques, but restoration that is done by any craftsman that I have encountered in Jawa or Bali can be done by a willing and interested person in New York, Amsterdam, or Sydney.

The essential element is interest.

Incidentally, for things that require more than the average fiddling around, I still do my own work, for the simple reason that I do not trust the people I know to do exactly as I request with items that I want treated in a way other than the norm.

1st September 2010, 07:36 AM	#7
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,744	I would most humbly suggest that one is best advised to do one's own restoration. I did my own work for more than 20 years before I ever had access to craftsmen in Jawa. Yes, it requires patience, and it requires the willingness to learn the techniques, but restoration that is done by any craftsman that I have encountered in Jawa or Bali can be done by a willing and interested person in New York, Amsterdam, or Sydney. The essential element is interest. Incidentally, for things that require more than the average fiddling around, I still do my own work, for the simple reason that I do not trust the people I know to do exactly as I request with items that I want treated in a way other than the norm.