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Originally Posted by dave78
There are so many different opinions here now, I'm not really sure what to do. One of the things I like most about my keris is that it looks its age (at least 60 years old). I think what I'm most concerned about is, if I do clean it, it will lose the appeal that only comes with natural age. I'm going to have to think this through again. Here's the pictures again if anyone is still interested:
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I don't think that the opinions here are as diverse as they might appear. No one would suggest that you aggressively refinish this keris. There are degrees of cleaning. IMO removing dirt and oiling the wood of your sheath and hilt is not going to make your keris look any less aged. Likewise removing dirt and rust from your blade and oiling it will not make it look less old, just less rusty. And active rust is a destructive force and will over time eat into the metal of your blade cause irreparable damage to the blade.
All this work can easily be done without any loss to patina.
17th January 2011, 12:51 AM
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