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A. G. Maisey · 28th June 2018, 12:02 AM

Actually Jose, the art of blade staining is pretty much dead in Bali. They used to use warangan (realgar) the same as everybody else, but these days they send their blades to Surabaya for staining.

No, its not a Bali pedang.

28th June 2018, 12:02 AM	#12
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,964	Actually Jose, the art of blade staining is pretty much dead in Bali. They used to use warangan (realgar) the same as everybody else, but these days they send their blades to Surabaya for staining. No, its not a Bali pedang.