keris oil

[nechesh]

Originally Posted by Pusaka

Personally I don’t like using mineral/petroleum oil on my keris. You can use almond oil as a base and add essential oils to it to make a good keris oil, not too thick and won’t go rancid like coconut oil products.

I once mixed sandalwood & myrrh oil to make up a keris oil and to my shock it dried to form a clear solid layer like the blade had been varnished. I guess it would be good for protecting the blade but not what I was looking for.
If you’re going to mix your own oils its best to test it out on a piece of steel first just to make sure you don’t end up forming a varnish, you never know how two oils will react.

I think myrrh, like frankincense, is a resin, which may be why you ended up with varnish. Almond oil sounds like an interesting base option, though it does add it's own scent which needs to be taken into consideration. Thanks for tyhe suggestion. I'll experiment.