Kris hilt problems, solution anybody?

S.Workman · 15th May 2014, 07:34 PM

I will have to search out arsenic, I wonder if the arsenic reagent, which is a liquid it seems, has any use in this context? In any event, Vermont being Vermont, it looks like a week of alternatively hot and muggy and hot and rainy weather, following a long period of rainy, chilly and windy weather. I guess I have a bit of a wait.
The keris that I referred to earlier, which seems to have no pamor and which smelled very odd, can just be given a light acid bath and then an oil, is that right? I am fairly sure that there is no pamor because my orpiment technique, while a failure, did at least reveal the pamor on my other keris. There just wasn't a satisfying amount of contrast, just a sharp but light definition between lines. That's what makes me think that there is no pamor on that keris. Once I get it cleaned up, I will post some pictures. It's very nice, at least to my untrained eyes, and quite simple, which is a style I favor. I am hoping to test myself by posting pictures, along with what I believe to be the proper descriptives to see if I am right or if I could use some correction, if that's alright by board standards.

15th May 2014, 07:34 PM	#18
S.Workman Member Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 116	I will have to search out arsenic, I wonder if the arsenic reagent, which is a liquid it seems, has any use in this context? In any event, Vermont being Vermont, it looks like a week of alternatively hot and muggy and hot and rainy weather, following a long period of rainy, chilly and windy weather. I guess I have a bit of a wait. The keris that I referred to earlier, which seems to have no pamor and which smelled very odd, can just be given a light acid bath and then an oil, is that right? I am fairly sure that there is no pamor because my orpiment technique, while a failure, did at least reveal the pamor on my other keris. There just wasn't a satisfying amount of contrast, just a sharp but light definition between lines. That's what makes me think that there is no pamor on that keris. Once I get it cleaned up, I will post some pictures. It's very nice, at least to my untrained eyes, and quite simple, which is a style I favor. I am hoping to test myself by posting pictures, along with what I believe to be the proper descriptives to see if I am right or if I could use some correction, if that's alright by board standards.