Keris Betok on Ebay

A. G. Maisey · 18th September 2010, 10:22 PM

Yes, correct David.

It all depends on how the blade has been looked after.

GIO · 21st September 2010, 12:10 AM

Yes, that's true, but isn't it suspicious that ALL antique blades have been carefully looked after ?

A. G. Maisey · 21st September 2010, 12:24 AM

They haven't.

But if I had an old rusty keris that I wanted to sell, I'd clean it and stain it before I offered it for sale.

Everybody in the whole world who understands the beginning of anything about keris will do the same.

It is the correct thing to do with a keris:- you clean them and stain them.

So maybe the maintenance has been done regularly over a period of years, maybe it has only been done once , just before it was offered for sale, but whenever it has been done, it will result in a keris appearing with no rust on the blade.

GIO · 21st September 2010, 11:21 AM

Yes,OK, I agree

18th September 2010, 10:22 PM	#1
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,992	Yes, correct David. It all depends on how the blade has been looked after.

21st September 2010, 12:10 AM	#2
GIO Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 328	Yes, that's true, but isn't it suspicious that ALL antique blades have been carefully looked after ?

21st September 2010, 12:24 AM	#3
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,992	They haven't. But if I had an old rusty keris that I wanted to sell, I'd clean it and stain it before I offered it for sale. Everybody in the whole world who understands the beginning of anything about keris will do the same. It is the correct thing to do with a keris:- you clean them and stain them. So maybe the maintenance has been done regularly over a period of years, maybe it has only been done once , just before it was offered for sale, but whenever it has been done, it will result in a keris appearing with no rust on the blade.

21st September 2010, 11:21 AM	#4
GIO Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 328	Yes,OK, I agree