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Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey
Pamor colour depends on four things:-
1)--- material
2)--- the skill of the person doing the stain
3)--- the materials available to carry out the stain job
4)--- the weather
these four factors provide the answer to every variation noted in the colour of stained blades
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CMIIW, as I am a newbie in this field, but as far as I know, balinese tend to stain their blade blacker than javanese keris ? my friend here named the style of staining of balinese keris as dongsalibing
the final result is the balinese keris is much darker and smoother than its javanese counterparts
I may be wrong, as I never encounter this information on any books, but from several friend of mine, who are in this field for couple of decades
look at the comparison below, keris bali first, keris jawa second