A Keris for slashing...

[mrwizard]

Hello Alan,

Thanks again for this interesting insight into the life-cycle of a keris. Your posts are always very enlightening for a beginner like me

Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey

From what I believe I can see in the photos of your keris, I think it may need a fairly long time in the pineapple juice. It requires daily brushing, rinsing, cleaning whilst it is being given the pine juice treatment, the little hard bits of rust need to be picked off with a sharp tool.

Of course, i have read most posts about keris cleaning on this forum beforehand.
The keris is bathing in the solution since last sunday. I'm taking it out twice a day for brushing and intermediate cleaning... and it is coming along nicely.
In fact the rust looked worse than it was. It was mostly surface rust with minimum pitting. Some of the stuff that looked like rust at first glance was actually just organic gunk. Probably residue from some blade protecting substance...

Best Regards,
Thilo