Help!! Keris restoration

[Flavio]

Hi all, here is another of my keris purchases The situation it's quite tragic: the mendak-selut is lost, the warangka was broken and bad glued together, the "point" of the scabbard is also lost. But take a look at the blade: is beautiful and so I think that is worth of a good restoration - work. Any help is welcome (where I can find a nice mendak - selut?) Thank you

[BluErf]

Brother of mine.

http://www.kampungnet.com.sg/modules...view_album.php

The keris is "Pattani" in origin, but the way the blade arcs in both examples suggest that they come from the same area. Even amongst the "Pattani" blades, there are stylistic differences.

You can easily find a brass pendoko like this:

http://www.kampungnet.com.sg/modules...view_photo.php

[Flavio]

Thank you BluErf

[Flavio]

Hi all, well the restoration proceeed: I have unglued the pieces leaving two days in alcohol the warangka and so I have a puzzle to put together Well the next step is to glue in right position all the pieces, to fill all the small cracks, to polish the surface and to use the shellac (I hope that the term in english is right - in italian is GOMMALACCA) that with the alcohol is gone. I think that at the end the result will be fine .
Ah, nobody could indicate me where I can find a pendoko?
In the meantime the blade is in its bath of pineapple juice to remove all the rust...
Another question: nobody can post a picture to show me as the end of the scabbard should look like? Thank you

I hope that at he end of all this work the keris will be happy and it will bring me fortune !!

[Alam Shah]

Originally Posted by Flavio

... Ah, nobody could indicate me where I can find a pendoko?
In the meantime the blade is in its bath of pineapple juice to remove all the rust...

Check your PM.

Originally Posted by Flavio

... Another question: nobody can post a picture to show me as the end of the scabbard should look like? Thank you

This is how it should look like. The end-piece (buntut). [ picture ]
(KampungNet Keris Gallery is down, or else there are many examples there. )

[Flavio]

Thank you Alam