When Good Kerises Go (to) Bad (Owners)

laEspadaAncha · 27th January 2011, 07:41 PM

Some genius decided what this keris needed was a stag hilt. So I picked this up yesterday, and am wondering... in the collective opinion of the kerisphiles here, is it worth investing the time and effort to restore this?

In particular, I am wondering the following: Is the blade older? Is the pendok (or for that matter, the sheath in general) original to the blade?

And if it is worth the effort, how do I begin to go about removing the stag (I think it has been affixed with glue)?

Any other observations you can share would be very welcomed and much appreciated.

27th January 2011, 07:41 PM	#1
laEspadaAncha Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 608	When Good Kerises Go (to) Bad (Owners) Some genius decided what this keris needed was a stag hilt. So I picked this up yesterday, and am wondering... in the collective opinion of the kerisphiles here, is it worth investing the time and effort to restore this? In particular, I am wondering the following: Is the blade older? Is the pendok (or for that matter, the sheath in general) original to the blade? And if it is worth the effort, how do I begin to go about removing the stag (I think it has been affixed with glue)? Any other observations you can share would be very welcomed and much appreciated.