touching up a blade with gun blue pen

[David]

Originally Posted by milandro

( and by the way , methinks that there are plenty of metallurgic points made in several threads that I’ve read, as for example about on how to etch blades )

I believe that you may have misinterpreted what i was saying in regards to "head scratching". Of course we have discussed metallurgic points in many threads on this forum. And i wasn't suggesting that no one could help answer your question here (and Alan Maisey is probably the most well informed amongst us to do so). The head scratching i was referring to is why you would want to cover this area of nickel up in the first place. Especially if it was accidental instead of intentional. Accidental pamors in keris would be considered "Acts of God". Not something i would image any Indonesian keris owner would choose to mess with.