Question about oiling

silkreeler · 16th September 2014, 09:49 AM

Speaking of keeping away moisture, is it a good idea to drop some grains of silica desiccant into the warangka assuming there's a little space at the bottom? This would be for kerises that I put on display so I don't want any plastic cover in sight.

A. G. Maisey · 16th September 2014, 12:52 PM

Very often the gandar will be open at the bottom, or open at the sides, especially in a Jawa keris. I don't know what the effect of the silica gel might be, if it were to be left in the wrongko. Possibly the result might not be so good.

I leave big bags of silica gel in with some of my keris, I was given these, I didn't go out of my way to buy them, I figure they're probably helpful.

I understand the "no plastic on display" principle. I use plastic all the time on everything, but on the couple of keris I do have on display, there is no plastic visible, I simply pay more attention to these keris, oil them more often, inspect them more often.

16th September 2014, 09:49 AM	#1
silkreeler Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 27	Speaking of keeping away moisture, is it a good idea to drop some grains of silica desiccant into the warangka assuming there's a little space at the bottom? This would be for kerises that I put on display so I don't want any plastic cover in sight.

16th September 2014, 12:52 PM	#2
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,990	Very often the gandar will be open at the bottom, or open at the sides, especially in a Jawa keris. I don't know what the effect of the silica gel might be, if it were to be left in the wrongko. Possibly the result might not be so good. I leave big bags of silica gel in with some of my keris, I was given these, I didn't go out of my way to buy them, I figure they're probably helpful. I understand the "no plastic on display" principle. I use plastic all the time on everything, but on the couple of keris I do have on display, there is no plastic visible, I simply pay more attention to these keris, oil them more often, inspect them more often.