Corrosion on gilded keris blade

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Originally Posted by oariff

Thanks Detlef. Was the gold done together when the keris was forged or put on much later? What method for this one? Fire guilded too?

BTW - nice keris. Let me know when you get tired of looking at this one too.

You're welcome Oariff! I strongly guess that the gandik figure is a later addition and I don't know which gilding method was used.
Will let you know when I will part with the keris!

Regards,
Detlef