etching of Balinese keris

David · 28th July 2021, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Anthony G.

That is why I dare not try becos my bilah is polished smooth and expensive.

Can you post a photo of it?

jagabuwana · 2nd August 2021, 07:42 AM

It's worth noting that the corrosion that you can see on the blade that I shared was not due to the sulphur treatment.

From my eyeballing, the blade didn't appear to get worse after this treatment, compared to how it was before. Something that I have noticed and has been difficult for me to control is the appearance of brightly rust-looking patches on the blade after a sulphur treatment. It's easy enough to remove with a brush, water and detergent, but this also removes some of the staining.

But I can understand why you would be reluctant to do this on a blade that you value, or one that you would otherwise not want to treat in this way.

Anthony G. · 3rd August 2021, 04:44 AM

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Originally Posted by jagabuwana

It's worth noting that the corrosion that you can see on the blade that I shared was not due to the sulphur treatment.

From my eyeballing, the blade didn't appear to get worse after this treatment, compared to how it was before. Something that I have noticed and has been difficult for me to control is the appearance of brightly rust-looking patches on the blade after a sulphur treatment. It's easy enough to remove with a brush, water and detergent, but this also removes some of the staining.

But I can understand why you would be reluctant to do this on a blade that you value, or one that you would otherwise not want to treat in this way.

I think i probably will use this method on old average keris but not new keris

Thanks for sharing.

2nd August 2021, 07:42 AM	#2
jagabuwana Member Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 292	It's worth noting that the corrosion that you can see on the blade that I shared was not due to the sulphur treatment. From my eyeballing, the blade didn't appear to get worse after this treatment, compared to how it was before. Something that I have noticed and has been difficult for me to control is the appearance of brightly rust-looking patches on the blade after a sulphur treatment. It's easy enough to remove with a brush, water and detergent, but this also removes some of the staining. But I can understand why you would be reluctant to do this on a blade that you value, or one that you would otherwise not want to treat in this way.