Keris Bugis - Udan Mas

BluErf · 29th December 2009, 02:28 PM

Dear Hartadi,

From the pictures, I think the crack had been repaired before. Very often kemuning will warp and crack such that some parts of the wood will bend away from the main body.

I've not seen how the repair is actually done, but I believe the wood may be bent back towards the original position and wood-glued back in place. This may possibly involve partial breaking of the wood to push it back into place. I have a keris sheath which was like that (when I 1st possessed it) and then had it repaired. A give away is the lighter tone on the wood, which is the result of sanding to smoothen the area which was fixed.

I think it is a good repair, and is best left as if.

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29th December 2009, 02:28 PM	#10
BluErf Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,180	Dear Hartadi, From the pictures, I think the crack had been repaired before. Very often kemuning will warp and crack such that some parts of the wood will bend away from the main body. I've not seen how the repair is actually done, but I believe the wood may be bent back towards the original position and wood-glued back in place. This may possibly involve partial breaking of the wood to push it back into place. I have a keris sheath which was like that (when I 1st possessed it) and then had it repaired. A give away is the lighter tone on the wood, which is the result of sanding to smoothen the area which was fixed. I think it is a good repair, and is best left as if.