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Originally Posted by Harley
Hello Jean,
It's like David said, old wrapping and glue, i can understand that they were afraid to lose this beautiful hilt 
To me it looks like a lose ganja, but it's indeed a very thin line, i think the person were i bought it from has painted the peksi en the ganja to save it from rust.
regards,
Ben |
OK, thanks for the confirmation and information about this strange black colour of the peksi and ganja.
By the way I am not very familiar with old Balinese blades and would not have identified this one as Balinese, thank you Alan!
Regards
Jean