Ivory Tulip Kris

Bill · 17th December 2005, 01:45 AM

What bothered me about this sword is the blade has a light coat of rust on it but no pitting. The baca-baca is pristine, one would think if the sword was taken apart, the blade would have been cleaned unless of course you wanted to add some age. I have to stay away from keris buying. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1 ,just got this today. Looks like the hilt is ivory and the cup is bone. Trouble is they glued them together and stained them. The stain did not stick well to the bone. Doubt much I can do about either the stain or the glue?

Rick · 17th December 2005, 02:21 AM

A Bugis style dress and unfortunately missing the buntut .

Interesting though .

Battara · 17th December 2005, 09:21 PM

Unfortunately false ganga are nowadays becoming quite common.

Spunger, to which kris of mine are you refering?

kai · 17th December 2005, 11:31 PM

Bill, that seems to be a nice keris blade. Considering the price I wouldn't complain...

Please post pics after cleaning/staining the blade!

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Originally Posted by Bill

Trouble is they glued them together and stained them. The stain did not stick well to the bone. Doubt much I can do about either the stain or the glue?

Can you remove the blade?

Regards,
Kai

Spunjer · 18th December 2005, 03:00 AM

battara,

i was referring to your avatar and the kris that went for $1800.+ the shade of the ivory on these pieces are consistent to the ones that are found on madrid's museum:

im comparing it to the ones that i saw in the philippines, which tend to have a yellowish tint on the ivory...

Battara · 19th December 2005, 07:57 AM

You do bring up a good point, Sunjer. The differences in the yellowing to a dark orange are due in part to age and to a large extent to the amount of sulfer to which they are exposed. The presence of sulfer in the surrounding environment is the strongest coloring agent for elephant ivory.

17th December 2005, 01:45 AM	#1
Bill Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Chicago area Posts: 327	What bothered me about this sword is the blade has a light coat of rust on it but no pitting. The baca-baca is pristine, one would think if the sword was taken apart, the blade would have been cleaned unless of course you wanted to add some age. I have to stay away from keris buying. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1 ,just got this today. Looks like the hilt is ivory and the cup is bone. Trouble is they glued them together and stained them. The stain did not stick well to the bone. Doubt much I can do about either the stain or the glue?

17th December 2005, 02:21 AM	#2
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,336	A Bugis style dress and unfortunately missing the buntut . Interesting though .

17th December 2005, 09:21 PM	#3
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,272	Unfortunately false ganga are nowadays becoming quite common. Spunger, to which kris of mine are you refering?

18th December 2005, 03:00 AM	#5
Spunjer Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Witness Protection Program Posts: 1,730	battara, i was referring to your avatar and the kris that went for $1800.+ the shade of the ivory on these pieces are consistent to the ones that are found on madrid's museum: im comparing it to the ones that i saw in the philippines, which tend to have a yellowish tint on the ivory...

19th December 2005, 07:57 AM	#6
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,272	You do bring up a good point, Sunjer. The differences in the yellowing to a dark orange are due in part to age and to a large extent to the amount of sulfer to which they are exposed. The presence of sulfer in the surrounding environment is the strongest coloring agent for elephant ivory.