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Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey
I cannot see any actual dents in the blade. There are a few irregularities a few areas where rust has caused some blade erosion, but dents I cannot find.
Dents can appear because of the loss of a piece of lamination, or because of a large area of untreated rust. Prior to staining Balinese blades are polished, and this polish & then stain process occurs pretty regularly, for some keris it might occur every year.
In respect of staining, the usual commercial blade stain is normally done by soaking, but the staining process for single blades is a hands on process, & the stain process for valuable or highly esteemed blades is different again. I do not like the usual result from the soak method of staining, & it seems to not last as long as the other more labour intensive ways of staining a blade.
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How to identify if a Keris is stained by soaking or hands-on? And, most foreign owners outside of local place don't have the ability to do the stain work annually. So, is it necessary to do something to protect our Keris? Or do we have to learn how to stain? What shall we do?