Riau-Bugis Keris and Hilt?

ganjawulung · 11th October 2011, 04:32 PM

There is also, a 'traditional way' in Jawa, using "watu ijo" (green stone), crush the green stone, and use it to make nikel blade or alloy more shiny. I am used to use it to make my certain motor part more shiny... Is it useful too for maintaining certain keris part more shiny?

A. G. Maisey · 11th October 2011, 11:18 PM

I do not know the green stone, and have never seen it used.

I've been quite close to a couple of tukang wrongko, one in particular was a good friend for more than ten years before he went to Jakarta, changed the direction of his employment, and finally disappeared. This gentleman used to use a couple of different kinds of leaves to bring down gloss.

Another extremely talented maker I currently know uses whatever comes to hand to achieve whatever result he wants. This fellow is the current generation of a long line of m'ranggis, and he does incredibly good work when you can convince him to work instead of going fishing, but some of things I've seen him do, absolutely defy tradition.

My personal taste in a matt finish is to use burnishing, but of course, you can't use this with all materials.Ideal for ebony, less than good for timoho.

But maybe this green stone is only used for metal?

I much prefer to use the standard western approach for metal polishing.

11th October 2011, 04:32 PM	#1
ganjawulung Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: J a k a r t a Posts: 991	There is also, a 'traditional way' in Jawa, using "watu ijo" (green stone), crush the green stone, and use it to make nikel blade or alloy more shiny. I am used to use it to make my certain motor part more shiny... Is it useful too for maintaining certain keris part more shiny?

11th October 2011, 11:18 PM	#2
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,729	I do not know the green stone, and have never seen it used. I've been quite close to a couple of tukang wrongko, one in particular was a good friend for more than ten years before he went to Jakarta, changed the direction of his employment, and finally disappeared. This gentleman used to use a couple of different kinds of leaves to bring down gloss. Another extremely talented maker I currently know uses whatever comes to hand to achieve whatever result he wants. This fellow is the current generation of a long line of m'ranggis, and he does incredibly good work when you can convince him to work instead of going fishing, but some of things I've seen him do, absolutely defy tradition. My personal taste in a matt finish is to use burnishing, but of course, you can't use this with all materials.Ideal for ebony, less than good for timoho. But maybe this green stone is only used for metal? I much prefer to use the standard western approach for metal polishing.