Cleaning and polishing my bali-keris

[David]

Originally Posted by njo kesasar

Perhaps some confusion occurred, it´s all my mistake: not being a professional photographer the pendok seems to be gilded but isn´t, it is silver(like)

If it didn't polish with with silver polish and a cloth it is not likely that it is either silver or silver plate, just some kind of white metal. Silver tends to tarnish to a blackish tone which doesn't seem to be the case with your pendok, even taking the color shift into account.