Welcome Scarroy,
Your bunch of kris reminds me of some other kris owned by a french gentleman who bought them also some 15 to 20 years ago, when he was working with the BRGM and making geologic surveys in Kalimantan. He was a geologist and had the great idea of utilizing geologic softwares to analyze the pamor of the kris. He was transfered in a French Embassy in Poland and we lost his great idea. Too sad.
Before you start your cleaning and staining of your many krisses, you should make a search in the previous Forum, as the subject was extensively discussed in several occasions.
I have cleaned many, many krisses and other asian edge weapons but have still problems with staining. We can discuss that in french, outside of the forum, if my experience has any interest for you.
Regards,
Michel
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