Thank you David and Maisey for your reply.
It is right that there is demand from buyers themselves who want their new keris looks old. It cannot be regarded as a negative practice as long as the buyers know that they buy or want artificially aged keris. On keris trade, unfortunately, this kind of practice is often carried out by the sellers without proper disclosure. In other words, it is an intended negative practice to deceive the buyers in order to gain big profit.
Based on such condition on keris trade, I think we (newcomers) need basic knowledge from keris experts here so that we can identify the characteristics of artificially aged blade. I understand that information on this matter may lead to dilemma since it can also be used by the makers/forgers to improve their techniques.
Regards.
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