artificially aged keris

A. G. Maisey · 29th January 2007, 06:31 AM

As I remarked in my earlier post, I personally cannot divorce the recognition of artificial aging from appraisal of the blade as a whole. In other words I need to look at form, material, method of manufacture, craftsmanship, the indicators that allow classification of a blade in accordance with tangguh, overall condition, and lastly I might pay a little attention to the blade surface.

If one wishes to identify falsely aged blades with relative certainty, one needs first to learn how to appraise and classify a keris. One cannot just look at a blade surface and based on the erosion pattern of the metal declare that the blade is, or is not, artificially aged.

29th January 2007, 06:31 AM	#5
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,043	As I remarked in my earlier post, I personally cannot divorce the recognition of artificial aging from appraisal of the blade as a whole. In other words I need to look at form, material, method of manufacture, craftsmanship, the indicators that allow classification of a blade in accordance with tangguh, overall condition, and lastly I might pay a little attention to the blade surface. If one wishes to identify falsely aged blades with relative certainty, one needs first to learn how to appraise and classify a keris. One cannot just look at a blade surface and based on the erosion pattern of the metal declare that the blade is, or is not, artificially aged.