bugis keris

A. G. Maisey · 8th March 2012, 11:42 AM

Silver is very easy to test.

You simply buy a little bottle of silver test fluid from a jewelers supply house, it will cost a few dollars.

You scratch the surface of the metal clean in a spot where it won't be noticed and apply a drop of the fluid. If the metal turns red, you have silver. If the drop stays brown or yellow you have something else.

Beats agonising over whether something is silver or not.

Incidentally, silver has become horribly expensive during the past couple of years. It really pays to know whether something truly is silver, particularly something as big as this keris dress.

8th March 2012, 11:42 AM	#10
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,991	Silver is very easy to test. You simply buy a little bottle of silver test fluid from a jewelers supply house, it will cost a few dollars. You scratch the surface of the metal clean in a spot where it won't be noticed and apply a drop of the fluid. If the metal turns red, you have silver. If the drop stays brown or yellow you have something else. Beats agonising over whether something is silver or not. Incidentally, silver has become horribly expensive during the past couple of years. It really pays to know whether something truly is silver, particularly something as big as this keris dress.