18th June 2019, 02:29 AM | #1 |
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scratches on antique keris bilah
If your antique keris bilah has scratches where you can see the shiny part of the metal and which is an eyesore, does a new warangan able to covers it off/away? Or should I just leave it be? What is your view?
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18th June 2019, 03:56 AM | #2 |
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It depends Anthony.
Personally, I leave older blades alone as much as possible, a scratch here & there, a little bit of stain missing, in my opinion it is completely immaterial, its old, it does not need to be perfect, it is not on display. I accept a little bit of imperfection as normal. Every time you clean and stain you erode the blade just a little bit more. Perfection is not normal, not required in older blades. |
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21st June 2019, 04:05 PM | #4 |
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the scratch mark
the scratch mark
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10th July 2019, 09:25 PM | #5 |
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Hmm...
I see what you mean. If it were my blade, I would try to apply very mild etchant stricty on the scratches... |
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